Senshu Bunko
The Senshū Bunko Collection ( Japanese 千秋 文庫 ) in Chiyoda , Tokyo Prefecture preserves the cultural heritage of the Satake clan from Akita , whose head was one of the great daimyo in the Edo period .
Overview
In 1942, during the Second World War, Satake Yoshiharu ( 佐 竹 義 春 ; 1890–1944), 12th chief of the Satake clans, gave the family's collection to Kobayashi Shōji ( 小 林昌 次 ), who published the material threatened by bombing from Tokyo brought to safety. Kobayashi began to organize the collection, which ended in September 1981 with the opening of an earthquake and fire-proof building. Kobayashi died a year later. The collection with materials from the Middle Ages to modern times is open to the public.
Selection from the collection
Old papers
- by Ashikaga Tadayoshi (1351)
- several by Date Masamune (1612)
- about annual Kamakura festivals (1456)
- Diary of Umetsu Masakage (1628)
- Notes on the Dewa Province (1647)
photos
- Lions (three hanging scrolls): Sesshū (copy)
- Amanohashidate : Sesshū (copy)
- Hotei , copy of Tsumura Dōtatsu
- 16 Oshin hanging scrolls, copies by Sugawara Dōsai (1761–1821)
- Kannon (three hanging scrolls), copies
Old maps
- World map after Matteo Ricci (1858)
- Reconstruction of Edo of the Chōroku period (1457–1461)
- Musashi-Toshima-gun Edo
- Greater Japan (1777)
Old depictions of battles, etc.
- Battle of Sekigahara
- Osaka Castle , winter siege
- Osaka Castle Summer Siege
- More maps about Edo Castle, Akita Castle, writings on the tea ceremony , signatures and seals from different times.
literature
- 千秋 文庫 案 内 - Leaflet of the Bunko
- Satake Bunko (Ed.): Satake Bunsho Mokuroku. 1989.
Web links
- Website of the Bunko (Japanese)
Coordinates: 35 ° 41 ′ 35.6 " N , 139 ° 44 ′ 47.4" E
Remarks
- ↑ Senshū is formed from Aki , the first character of Akita ('autumn', Sino-Japanese shū , here 'times'), and the number Sen (Sino-Japanese 'thousand' meaning 'eternal'). Bunko is the old name for a collection of books and pictures.