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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 inside upper cover); Supplements to the history of Ezo (Volume 8).
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 portraits; Volume 5, 14 double-page and 1 triple-page ink and watercolor illustrations, mostly black
washes, some with additional colors, including several coastal scenes; Volume 6, 61 single-page and 2 double-page ink and
watercolor illustrations, including drawings of buildings, boats, fishing and other tools, fishing scenes, blades and scabbards,
and a portrait; Volume 7, 16 single-page and 2 double-page ink drawings, including portraits, articles of clothing, blades
and scabbards.
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).
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