Ms. codex. No collective title page. Titles from title pieces on covers (daisen). Character "gai" in section title of third work a variant of Morohashi 15364, with tree radical underneath right-hand element instead of at left. Worm damage in Volumes 2, 3, 6, and 7. Title slips in English mounted on covers: An account of journey to the island of Ezo (Volume 1); An account of journey through the island of Ezo (Volume 2-3); Illustrations (Volume 4); Illustrations of the journey through the island of Ezo (Volume 5); Illustrations in the account of the journey through the island of Ezo (Volume 6); The history of Ezo and illustrations (Volume 7, detached, laid... Script: Each work written by a different hand; daisen of all volumes in one hand. Decoration: Volume 2, 2 illustrations with black washes of roots (one labeled "the vegetable ikema" in pencil), and one each of blades, a statuary figure (labeled "god to quell rough wind), and people walking with large leaves for shelter; Volume 4, 26 single-page and 5 double-page color ink and watercolor illustrations of individuals engaged in various activities and more detailed bust-length... Binding: Original (19th-century) paper covers. Origin: Written in Japan, possibly between 1799 (latest known date of composition, Volume 1) and 1859 (death date of possible former owner named on cover, Volume 1). Possibly formerly owned by "Shitōen" [i.e. Kuroda Suizan?] (upper cover, Volume 1). Purchased in Kyoto by Charles Whiting Bishop, Assistant Curator of the Ethnological Section, for the University Museum, 1915. Transferred to the Kislak Center for Special Collections, Books and Manuscripts, University of Pennsylvania, 2014.
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