Announcement

We've just digitized one of the treasures of Kyushu University, "Nippon" (First edition, Unbound, Atlas) authored by Philipp Franz von Siebold and published in Netherland, the early 19th century. Over 360 beautiful illustrations which describe Japanese people, life or culture at that time are now available online through Kyushu University Collections.

List

Kyushu University Collections > Rare Materials > Search by keywords as "Siebold nippon"
https://catalog.lib.kyushu-u.ac.jp/opac_browse/rare/?lang=1

• Atlas 1
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1906465
• Atlas 2
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1906466
• Atlas 3
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1906467
• Atlas 4
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1906468
• Atlas 5（#113, #123 are lacked）
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1906469
• Atlas 6
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1906470
• Atlas 7-8
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1906471
• Atlas 9-10
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1906472
• Atlas 11-12
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1906473
• Atlas 13-14
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1906474
• Atlas 15
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1906475
• Atlas 16
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1906476
• Atlas 17-18
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1906477
• Atlas 19-20（#361, #367 are lacked）
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1906478

Source Material

• 『Nippon; Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan, und dessen Neben- und Schutzländern: Jezo mit den südlichen Kurilen, krafto, Koorai und den Liukiu-Inseln, nach japanischen und europäischen Schriften und eigenen Beobachtungen.』（Medical Library, Kyushu University）
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1001615671

Related Information

• Japanese Translation Edition『日本 : 日本とその隣国、保護国-蝦夷・南千島列島・樺太・朝鮮・琉球諸島-の記録集。日本とヨーロッパの文書および自己の観察による。』(Yushodo)
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1000295399
• Reprint Edition『Nippon : Archiv zur Beschreibung von Japan』(Kodansha, 1975)
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1000951631
• Michel Wolfgang「九大至宝：シーボルトNIPPON」(Kyushu University Campus Magazine, vol.53, 2007.9)
  http://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/f/4959/No53.pdf#page=2
• Miyazaki, Katsunori (宮崎克則)『シーボルト『NIPPON』の書誌学研究』(Karansha, 2017)
  http://hdl.handle.net/2324/1001626623