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Illustrations of the Kannagaraya Collection
From the Central Library Collection
Illustrations of the Kannagaraya Collection (“Kannagaraya Shuko Zusetsu”) illustrates earthenware, roof tiles, weapons, harnesses, masks for Bugaku (court dance and music), and Buddha statues collected by Masazumi Eto (1836–1911), a famous antiquarian in Fukuoka during the Meiji period. Kyushu University owns many manuscripts handwritten by Eto, old maps, and archeological materials from his huge collection.
Related Link: Library Collections “Masazumi Eto documents”
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Old map of Fukuoka castle town and Hakata neighborhood
From the Manuscript Library Collection
Old map of Fukuoka castle town and Hakata neighborhood is a large map (223.2 × 266.5 cm) that shows the castle town of Fukuoka and the merchant town of Hakata around the year 1800. Kyushu University has made it possible for anyone to view this map in detail by digitizing it in high resolution.
Related Link: Digital Image “Old map of Fukuoka castle town and Hakata neighborhood”
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Shiho / Shifa
From the Central Library Higuchi Collection
Shiho, also pronounced Shifa, is a 16th century Ming Dynasty book of poetry. The illustration of a figure with a shade on his head pointing at a book is a type of advertising that shows the owner of a Ming Dynasty bookstore (Tang Shaochun) selling the book himself, explaining how great it was.
The Higuchi Collection, of which this book is a part, consists of the collection of books formerly owned by Wado Higuchi (1835–1898), a leading Chinese scholar from Chikugo Yame who raised many students of the Chinese Communist Party. In addition, Kyushu University has a large collection of Chinese books related to the sages of Fukuoka and Kyushu.
Related Link: Library Collections “Higuchi Collection”
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The Tale of the Hollow Tree
From the Central Library Hosokawa Collection
The Tale of the Hollow Tree (“Utsuho monogatari”) is a full-length story, written before The Tale of Genji. This illustration depicts a daughter of Kiyohara Toshikage and her son “Nakatada” playing Japanese harps (koto) in front of a hole (utsuho) as animals that are impressed by the harmony come together, carrying fruits as gifts. This picture scroll is from the Hosokawa Collection of books originally owned by the Udo-Hosokawa Family in Higo (Kumamoto). This luxury book seems to have been made as a wedding trousseau and would be appropriate in a feudal lord’s collection.
Related Link: Digital Image “Utsuho Monogatari Emaki” (Volume 5) Library Collections “Hosokawa Collection”
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Equatorial north-south star chart
From the Central Library Kuwaki Collection
Equatorial north-south star chart (“Sekido Nanboku Koseizu”) is a large star chart (80 cm × 78 cm) created in the Edo period. Containing descriptions of the magnitude of fixed stars influenced by Western astronomy, it is a valuable document in the history of astronomy.
The Kuwaki Collection, which includes this chart, was compiled in Kyushu University’s Faculty of Engineering by Ayao Kuwaki (1878–1945), a professor of engineering who established the foundation for the Faculty of Science at Kyushu University. This collection is widely known as one of the largest collections of historical scientific literature in Japan.
Related Link: Library Collections “Kuwaki Collection”
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Seals associated with Kyushu University
This is a collection of seals associated with Kyushu University and its predecessor institutions. The list below describes each seal’s institution. You can trace the long history of Kyushu University by referring to the letters in the illustration.
List of Seals
Related Link: Library Collections “Ownership Seals”
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