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New Guide to the Ways of the West: Draft (Tsūzoku nichijō Seiyō shohō shinsho sōkō 通俗日常西洋諸法新書草稿)

string-bound manuscript with light brown cover; contains images of Western material culture with description written in English and translated into Japanese; details regarding objects and/or customs written in Japanese; opens with counters in numerals and Japanese; contains descriptions of food, games, and other ephemera such as lamps, furniture, architectural features, and tools; also contains lengthy descriptions in Japanese of foreign customs and methods of entertainment, farming etc.

Date
c. 1870s
In our collection
since July the 28th, 2011 up to now
Dimensions
11 × 7 3/4 × 5/8 in. (27.94 × 19.69 × 1.59 cm)
Location
Not on View
Medium
Woodblock printed book; ink on paper
Price
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Composition
copper24%
oxygen65%
cadmium7%
atium4%