縦7〜8㎝ほどの小さな羽子板の模型コレクション50枚
Fifty cute 7 cm tall model Hagoita, or rectangular wooden paddles, are collected in a paulownia box.
宴会のお座敷芸で披露する手妻（手品）のタネ本
This book explains how to do magic tricks in front of a party audience.
“江戸時代ビューティ雑誌”ともいうべき、女性のお化粧・髪形・着こなし・美容法などについての解説書
This text, called Make-up Secrets: Women’s Fashions, should really be called an “Edo Period Beauty Magazine.”
巷間伝わる破戒僧の失敗談を描いた絵巻物
Once upon a time, a priest of high rank who was head of the Bishamondō Temple fell in love at first sight...
江戸城大奥の年中行事や女性たちの姿を描いた大判三枚続きの錦絵シリーズ
This series of triptychs depicts the annual festivals and events that took place in and women who lived in the Edo palace.
「百鬼夜行」とは、妖怪たちが夜の闇の中を行列し徘徊する様子のこと
The “Night Parade of One Hundred Demons” is the nighttime procession of demons (yōkai) gamboling within the darkness.
日本各地や朝鮮で採取された５４０種ものキノコを描く図鑑
This text illustrates the 540 varieties of mushrooms found in Japan and on the Korean peninsula.
カエデに魅せられた江戸時代の園芸家があらわしたカエデの彩色図譜
a botanical guide written by an Edo period horticulturalist enchanted with maples
文芸雑誌『趣味』の明治42年１月１日号に掲載された、夏目漱石の談話筆記の原稿
This manuscript is the interview of the author Natsume Sōseki titled, “Prospects of the Japanese Literary Scene” (Bundan no sūsei) printed in the January 1st of the 42nd year of Meiji (1909) edition of the literary magazine Shumi.
様々な米飯料理の作り方を解説した、いわば“江戸時代ご飯ものレシピ本”
“Categories of Delicious Meals” explains how to make various boiled rice dishes in two volumes.
巷で聞く珍談奇談を集めた本
Rishu Yoshida, who lived in Owari, collected many mysterious tales and amusing stories and arranged them into one book.
河童の情報を集め、考証を加えた江戸時代の河童研究書
“Suiko” in the title is written in kanji as “tiger of the water” and means kappa, a mischievous riversprite. Information about kappas was gathered from all over Japan and this investigation was added to these Edo era research documents.
雀の「小藤太」を主人公としたお伽草子の絵巻物
This is a picture scroll of a Japanese fairy tale whose main character is a sparrow,
異説の『道成寺絵巻物』の江戸時代の写本
The story of Anchin and princess Kiyo at Dojo Temple is famous throughout kabuki and ballad dramas. However, you might not know that this story has another version.
江戸時代の子供の遊びを紹介する本
Models of Children’s Play in the Old Days, which begins with a scolding of this kind that you may hear even nowadays, was published in the 15th year of Tenpo (1844) by Oga Mantei.
日本初の金魚の飼い方の専門書
“How to Raise Goldfish” was published as the first technical book in Japan on the subject.
稲生平太郎が一ヶ月間にわたって体験した怪奇現象の物語
This is the story of strange phenomena experienced over the course of one month by a boy, Heitaro Inou.
暮らしのさまざまなことに役立つ知識を集めた「暮らし便利帳」のような本
This book called, “Helpful Living Journal” is a compilation of various knowledge.
常心流(じょうしんりゅう)という馬術の秘伝書
These are secret books of the Joshin way of the school of horsemanship.
珍しい江戸時代の記憶術の本
This is an impressive book of memorization techniques from the Edo era.
12 Mt. Fuji views (100 Mt. Fuji views Vol.1)
眺望した富士の写生草稿
Hiroshige emphasizes that deformed perspective goes against his realistic sketches.
有名な富嶽三十六景の数年後の作品
Hokusai Katsushika created this “100 Mt. Fuji views”
河村岷雪が各地からみた富士山の風景を百図にまとめたもの
Minsetsu Kawamura illustrated Mt. Fuji from 100 views.
Uji tea ordering journal
“お茶壷道中”に随行した茶坊主のマニュアル本
People journeyed to Uji to fill urns with the first leaves of the season.
鉢植え・盆栽などの園芸指南書
Kinseiju Fu is a gardening guidebook of potted plants, bonsais, and more
“江戸のお花見スポット”観光案内記
This book is a guide to “the best spots to view flowers in Edo”.
Bankajyo
とりどりに咲く万の花の写生図をあつめた美しい画帖
“Bankajyo” is a collection of various beautiful sketched flowers.
西尾の ８つの名勝を叙情豊かに描いた錦絵です
These lively wood block prints were made by Syunko Odagiri.
One million small pagodas & Mukujoukoukyoujishinindarani
岩瀬文庫が所蔵する８万点を超える資料の中で最も古いのがこの百万塔です
This padoga is the oldest one in Iwase Bunko Library.