Nihon Ōdai Ichiran
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Nihon Ōdai Ichiran, The Table of the Rulers of Japan, is a 17th-century chronicle of the serial reigns of Japanese emperors with brief notes about some of the noteworthy events or other happenings.
Nihon Ōdai Ichiran, 1834 French translation title page
This sample page from Nihon Ōdai Ichiran illustrates the book's section layout, merged composition of Japanese kanji and French type-face text, and rare pre-Hepburn transliterations in the context of the original published paragraphs.
Hong Gye-hui
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Hong Gye-hui was a Korean scholar-official of the Joseon period in the 18th century.
This image of a Joseon tongsinsa procession through the streets of Edo in 1748 is entitled Chosenjin Ukie by Hanegawa Tōei, c. 1748.