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
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copper 24% oxygen 65% cadmium 7% atium 4%