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Manuscript/Mixed Material Tosa Usanoura katsuobune 土佐宇佐浦鰹舟

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Title

  • Tosa Usanoura katsuobune

Other Title

  • 土佐宇佐浦鰹舟

Summary

  • [Fifth vol. of] a collection of seven manuscript accounts of Manjiro Nakahama a.k.a. John Manjiro's adventures in the Pacific Ocean, Hawaii, California, and Massachusetts, one of the first Japanese people who came to the US in 1841.

Names

  • Nakahama, Manjirō, 1827-1898
  • Denzō
  • Goemon, active 1851
  • Japanese Rare Book Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • [not before 1852]

Headings

  • -  Shipwrecks--Japan--Bibliography
  • -  Shipwreck victims--Japan
  • -  Voyages and travels

Notes

  • -  Ms. (shahon).
  • -  Cover title (hand-written).
  • -  With no border, text in 8 vertical lines.
  • -  On double leaves, oriental style (karitoji).
  • -  Collection of John Manjiro's Pacific Voyage, #5.
  • -  中浜万次郎集成, p. 686, etc. (Text of LC copy are similar to 萬次郎漂流細書 = Manjirō hyōryū saisho, but order of items and description details are different, some items not found in LC copy)
  • -  Last [11] pages include unrelated items: "水戶中納言殿より阿部伊勢守殿へ...御自詠..." "御勘定奉行川路左衛門尉へ御同所より刀を賜る..." "八月六日・長崎奉行吟味抱与力...高島四郎太夫...御勘定吟味役格...江川太郎左衛門へ御渡共・右之通大目付...伊豆守申渡之" "見立評判記" "諸家勢".
  • -  "右は州侯御藩細井半十郎より借写之由"--P. [47], end of narration.
  • -  "...右の者ども今嘉永五子ノ年 [1852] より十三年前天保十一正月五日漁事之為宇佐浦ヲ出舩...唯風に任せて漂流..."--P. [2-3].
  • -  "土佐宇佐浦鰹船・船頭傅藏當子ノ四十九才, 同五右衛門二十七才, 同萬次郎二十六才, 水主重助年不知, 同寅右衛門當子ノ三十八才・萬次郎抄"--P. [1].
  • -  LC copy has "持主・大科屋?保茂" written-in. DLC

Medium

  • [58] p. ; 25 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • G530 .N35 1852b

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2012457434

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

Additional Metadata Formats

IIIF Presentation Manifest

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Credit Line: Library of Congress

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Chicago citation style:

Nakahama, Manjirō, Denzō, Active 1851 Goemon, and Japanese Rare Book Collection. Tosa Usanoura katsuobune. [Not Before, 1852] Manuscript/Mixed Material. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012457434/.

APA citation style:

Nakahama, M., Denzō, Goemon, A. 1. & Japanese Rare Book Collection. (1852) Tosa Usanoura katsuobune. [Not Before] [Manuscript/Mixed Material] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/2012457434/.

MLA citation style:

Nakahama, Manjirō, et al. Tosa Usanoura katsuobune. [Not Before, 1852] Manuscript/Mixed Material. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/2012457434/>.