Japanese woodblock print book with information about foreigners, depicting a balloon, science, shuttlecock, a Dutch dictionary, etc.
Sugihiko Uchida, “The work of Morishima Chyuryou (森島中良)(1756-1810). It describes the circumstances of the Netherlands and various countries, with the other related topics like copperplate printing, microscope, Dutch clothing and so on.”
According to scholar Eric Selland, “The text speaks of the “red-hairs”, which meant Dutchmen and Englishmen. Earlier pages are in Chinese which was used by scholars and government during the period. Other parts are in Japanese.”
This collection houses art and artifacts from China, Ethiopia, India and Japan.
