| Title |
Japan: Pamphlets and newspapers |
| Reference |
MS Parkes 15 |
| Covering Dates |
1868-circa 1885 |
| Extent and Medium |
2 bundles |
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| Content and context |
Pamphlets and newspapers, with some press cuttings, manuscript documents and related items, concerning Japan. |
| Manuscripts/MS Parkes 15 contains: |
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Translations from Japanese newspapers. A folder containing a manuscript table of contents followed by nine sets of press cuttings glued to the pages, 23 folios (sewn together), including blanks and the cover. The cuttings are as follows:. 'Translation from the Kioto Gazette of March, 1868. Constitution of the Mikado's Government.'. 'Translation from the Kioto Government Gazette of March 1868. Memorial to the Daijokan': a memorial of 29 February 1868, with six signatories. 'Translation from the Kioto Gazette of March, 1868': the text of a speech by the Emperor Meiji to the Daimyos on 21 March 1868. 'Translation from the Kioto Government Gazette of March, 1868': the text of a statement concerning Japan's relations with foreign powers, issued by the officers of the Japanese government, 10 March 1868. 'Translation from the Kioto Gazette No. 11. Reports from Yedo': an account of events in Yedo and elsewhere, 26 April-3 May 1868. 'Petition presented by the Naval and Military forces of the Tokugawa family' [April-May 1868], with texts of related documents, including a representation signed by Enomoto Idzumi [Enomoto Izumi], 4 May [1868]. Article beginning 'We have received a copy of a most interesting document', incorporating the texts of the Emperor Meiji's ultimatum to the Tokugawa clansmen delivered on 26 [April 1868] and the reply of the Tokugawa retainers. 'Translation. From the Yedo "Home and Foreign News" of May 5th 1868. Memorial of the Prince of Sendai': a memorial of Sendai Chinjo, March 1868, including two loose pieces. 'Translation from a Newspaper published in Yedo, entitled "Home and Foreign News." April 10th, 1868. Memorial of "Okubo Ichiyo" of the Satsuma Clan.'.
1 folder. |
1868 |
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2
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Scattered remarks on commerce. An undated printed translation into English of 'Scattered Remarks on Commerce by Kato Sukeichi. Part First', an article dated Osaka, 1869.
2 bifolios (sewn together). |
circa 1869 |
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3
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Fuku Ko Ron. An undated printed translation into English [by John Carey Hall] of 'Fuku Ko Ron. A Return to the Ancient Regime. A Discussion', nos I-III, 'by SHOSHU, a retired Samurai-(probably a fictitious name)', dated Yedo, 1869.
2 folios + 1 bifolio. |
circa 1869 |
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4
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Han Ron. Two copies of a printed translation into English [by John Cary Hall] of 'Han Ron. Translation of a Japanese Pamphlet, entitled 'Han Ron.' (The Clans. A Discussion.)' [1870].
2 bifolios. |
1870 |
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5
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Letters on Japanese politics. 'Letters on Japanese Politics' by Kasuda Gengiro, reprinted from the 'Japan Gazette', Yokohama, including an editorial preface.
6 folios (sewn together). |
circa 1870 |
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6
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Letter from Terashima Munenori. An undated manuscript translation into English of a letter from Terashima Munenori (Tokyo?) to Parkes, 23 April 1871, includes a list of proposed alterations to treaties, with annotations in Parkes' hand.
2 folios (tied together). |
circa 1871 |
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7
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Petition of Mayabara Issai. A manuscript copy of a translation into English of a petition from Mayabara Issai [Maebara Issei] to the Emperor Meiji [1876].
10 folios + 1 bifolio (tied together). |
1876 |
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8
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Short answer of Alexander Shaw. A manuscript copy of 'A short answer to a letter in the Hochi Sodan Shimbun attacking the Christian Belief in the doctrine of the Resurrection. Letter No. 2.' by Alexander Croft Shaw, 4 sheets, originally printed in the 'Nichi Nichi Shimbun' of 12 July 1875, with a covering letter from Shaw, Fukusawa, to Parkes, 13 July 1875, 1 sheet.
5 bifolios. |
1875 |
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9
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Ex-territoriality. Two printed articles entitled 'Ex-territoriality', probably off-printed from a Japanese newspaper (Tokyo?), responding in part to Eli T. Sheppard's 'Extra-Territoriality'.
2 folios. |
circa 1879 |
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10
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Press cuttings on commerce and finance. Press cuttings mounted on paper, comprised mostly of articles and letters concerning Japanese commercial and financial affairs, May 1879[-23 June 1883] and undated. The writers include 'Mercator' and 'T.W.' The publications include the 'Japan Herald' and the 'Japan Daily Mail'.
3 folios + 2 bifolios. |
circa 1879-circa 1883 |
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Conversations on commerce. A printed translation into English of 'Conversations on Commerce. Parts I & II', articles in the form of conversations between 'Gwanroku' ('obstinate'), 'Saisuke' ('clever') and 'Kindo', c. 1870s.
4 folios (glued together); Fair condition, but torn and the front cover is detached.. |
circa 1875 |
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12
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Treaty revision. 'Treaty revision from Japanese paper. Translation in Mail. Notes and Abstract': a précis of a translation into English of a Japanese original, c. 1870s or 1880s, with extracts, in a different hand, from the 'Tokio Times' of 4 January 1879 and the 'Choya Shimbun' of 14 February 1879.
3 bifolios. |
circa 1879 |
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13
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Japan Daily Herald Mail Summary. An edition of the 'Japan Daily Herald Mail Summary', Yokohama, 20 August 1880, missing part of the first page.
1 bifolio. |
20 Aug. 1880 |
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14
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Japan Mail. An edition of the 'Japan Mail: A Fortnightly Summary of Intelligence from Japan, for Transmission to Europe and the United States, via Suez and San Francisco', vol. IV, no. 12 (Yokohama, 20 August 1880), pp. 321-326 and 339-344.
1 bifolio + 1 quarto-folio. |
20 Aug. 1880 |
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15
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Judgement in Talbot and Anglin case. The judgement 'In H.B.M.'s Court for Japan' in the cases of Talbot and Anglin, heard before Richard Rennie and Martin Dohmen on 13 December 1880, probably off-printed from a Japanese newspaper.
1 folio. |
circa 1880 |
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16
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Unbeaten Tracks in Japan. Unbound printed sheets of Isabella L. Bird (later Isabella Bishop), 'Unbeaten Tracks in Japan: An Account of Travels in the Interior, including Visits to the Aborigines of Yezo and the Shrines of Nikko and Ise' (2 vols; London, 1880), vol. 2, pp. 305-362.
15 bifolios. |
1880 |
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Judgement in Arthur Brent v. Hudson & Co. The judgement 'In H.B.M.'s Court for Japan' in the case of Arthur Brent v. Hudson & Co., heard before Richard Rennie on 24 February 1881, probably off-printed from a Japanese newspaper.
1 folio. |
1881 |
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18
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The Japan Daily Mail. An edition of the 'Japan Daily Mail', new series, vol. V, no. 135 (Yokohama, 13 June 1881).
1 bifolio. |
13 June 1881 |
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Press cutting from Japanese newspaper. A press cutting from a Japanese newspaper, including an article beginning 'The Berlin correspondent of "The Times" writes of a conversation with a Japanese gentleman'.
1 folio. |
circa 1881 |
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Narrative of the Voyage of the "Otome". 'Narrative of the Voyage of the "Otome"', reprinted from the 'Japan Gazette' of 22 September 1883, including the text of the protest of John Winter Nicolle, master of the 'Otome', to the Governor of Petropaulovski [Petropavlovsk], concerning the seizure of his vessel by the Russian authorities.
1 bifolio. |
1883 |
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21
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Memorandum on treaty revision. A manuscript copy of 'Memorandum of views of H.M.G. on the Question of the Revision of Treaties with Japan' [1883].
1 bifolio. |
1883 |
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22
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Transition Period. 'Transition Period': a manuscript memorandum in Parkes' hand concerning the reduction of Western nations' extra-territorial jurisdiction in Japan, c. 1880s.
4 folios (tied together). |
circa 1885 |
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23
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O.H.M.S. envelope and folder. The O.H.M.S. envelope which formerly contained Parkes 15/1-22, undated, labelled on the reverse 'Pamphlets & Newspapers-Japan', and a bifolio of official notepaper labelled (among others) 'to be read' and apparently used as a folder.
1 envelope + 1 bifolio. |
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