This letter was addressed to Tonomura Josai (1779 to 1847), Bakin's friend in Ise. It is impressive that Bakin refers to his deep grief caused by losing his son, Sohaku (1798 to 1835) in the previous year when he wrote this letter.
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44. Kyokutei Bakin Shokan (Letter of Kyokutei Bakin)
- addressed to Tonomura Josai, dated March 28, 1836 (7th year of the Tenpo Era) [a part of Kyokutei Bakin shokan, 29 scrolls, 21.4cm in length, <WA25-27>]
"NDL Digital Collections"45. Nochi no tame no ki
- 2 volumes, edited by Kyokutei Bakin, copied
around the 6th year of the Tenpo
Era (1835), 2 books, 27.3
19.1cm <
12-17>
In memory of his son, Sohaku, Bakin compiled his son's achievements into a book. The exhibit is a book Bakin gave to Suzuki Bokushi as a gift with his message inserted.
46. Kyokutei raikan shu
- in the late Edo Period (19th century),
3 books, 21.930.4cm <WA25-21>
This is a letter of Katsushika Hokusai, a famous ukiyoe painter. This letter seems to refer to his illustrations for Bakin's novel, Chinsetsu yumiharizuki.
47. Heiyo den (Ping yao zhuan)
- part 1 to part 29, by Luo Guanzhong (of the Yuan Dynasty, China), added by Feng Menglong (of the Ming Dynasty, China), printed in 1812 (17th year of the Jaqing Era of the Qing Dynasty, China), 6 books, 24.015.5cm.
Heiyo den (Ping yao zhuan), part 29 to part 40, by Luo Guanzhong (of the Yuan Dynasty, China), added by Feng Menglong (of the Ming Dynasty, China), copied in the 7th year of the Tenpo Era (1836), 6 books, 23.114.6cm <
13-46>
A Chinese novel. These books were previously owned by Kyokutei Bakin. Chinese printed books are complemented with manuscripts. Some of the novels written by Bakin are influenced by Chinese novels.
48. Kyokutei Bakin Shokan (Letter of Kyokutei Bakin)
- addressed to Tonomura Josai, dated March 1,1841 (12th year of the Tenpo Era), written by Michi for Bakin, [a part of Kyokutei bakin shokan, 29 scrolls, 21.4cm in length, <WA25-27>]
This letter was written by Michi, a wife of his deceased son, Sohaku, for Bakin just before he lost his sight. Only the postscript was written by himself. In this letter, Bakin refers to the difficulty in teaching Michi how to spell for dictating his novel Nanso Satomi hakken den.
49. Nanso Satomi hakken den
- 98 volumes, by Kyokutei Bakin, Yanagawa Shigenobu,
et al., printed from 1814 to 1841, 106 books,
22.816.0cm <3-2>
This long novel, called yomihon, depicts the adventures of eight samurais. Bakin spent about 30 years for this best known and his representative work. This is a first printing that was previously owned by Bakin. In this book, corrections of misspellings were inserted by him (
).
