A written pledge, an account of Ryūkyū in 1820

A copy of an account of the ceremony at Edo castle

A record of the Disposition of Ryukyu

A record of the Disposition of Ryukyu

A record of the Disposition of Ryukyu

A record of the Disposition of Ryukyu

A record of a Ryukyuan procession in 1790

An account book of Kakazu village

With signatures and stamps of several Daimyōs/A document about an audience of the Shōgun granted to Ryūkyūan envoys in Edo castle

明治十三年 琉球関係 井上外務卿機密文書(三条太政大臣宛原本)

The Suma oriental of Tomé Pires : an account of the East from the Red Sea to Japan, written in Malacca and India in 1512-1515; and, The Book of Francisco Rodrigues, rutter of a voyage in the Red Sea, nautical rules, almanack and maps written and drawn in the East before 1515 (Map in pocket of vol.2: The east, from the Red Sea to Japan, as known to Francisco Rodrigques)

Thirty-Two Daily Scenes: 'Looks Amused', Mannerisms of a Lady-in-Waiting from the Bunsei Period

Illustration of the Great Battle at Kawanakajima Between Takeda and Uesugi in the 23rd Year of Tenbun, Eighth Month, Eighteenth Day, right and central sheet of a triptych

The history of Japan : giving an account of the antient and present state and government of that empire, of its temples, palaces, castles and other buildings, of its metals, minerals, trees, plants, animals, birds and fishes, of the chronology and succession of the emperors, ecclesiastical and secular, of the original descent, religions, customs, and manufactures of the natives, and of their trade and commerce with the Dutch and Chinese : together with a description of the Kingdom of Siam / written in High Dutch by Engelbertus Kæmpfer ; and translated from his original manuscript, never before printed by J.G. Scheuchzer, with the life of the author, and an introduction, to which is added, part of a journal of a voyage to Japan, made by the English in the year 1673

Caricaturana 33: Robert-Macaire the Journalist: I'm bringing you an article about the new law. I've slated it in a joking way, you see! －What are you thinking of, Mister Macaire, we shouldn't be attacking that law, we should defend it. － Ah,indeed, indeed, I'll rework it and make a frothy article in favour of the aforesaid law

JOURNEY TO CHINA 2: THE PASSPORT. The foreigner who visits China is submitted to an indispensable formality; he receives a slip of paper on which is written the age he wants to indicate, the profession he says he pursues and the place where it pleases him to appoint his birth; all that followed by a description of particulars which applies to everybody, after which, against a consideration of two francs, the Chinese government is deemed to lend him succour and assistance for one year

①駅場借用金書上帳(嘉永2年より慶応3年までの村借用金書上)　②安政六未年ヨリ明治元辰年迄十ヶ年御免状写　③人馬賃銭書上帳(元賃銭并割増賃銭書上)　④安永度二割増刎銭溜　助成御貸附滞利金高訳帳(文化13年より文政6年までの貸附滞利金書上)　⑤安政五午年ヨリ慶応三卯年迄十ヶ年人馬継立高仕訳書上帳　⑥旧助郷村高書上帳　⑦覚(文化3年琉球人通行御手当金覚)　⑧(請書頂戴に付)　⑨宿助成金書上帳

Caricaturana 82: Write: Sir, In reply to the letter which you did me the honour of writing, I regret to tell you that the shares of the European Society of Incombustible Boot Polish have been fully subscribed to. However, I have registered your request, and will have the honour of giving you immediate notice in the event of a new issue. I am etc. R.Macaire, Director... Print “withdraw 300,000[francs] and flood France with new shares... －What, we haven't disposed of a single share, we haven't had a single request, we haven't got a sou and you... －Bertrand! You're as thick as a plank... Do what I say and you'll see

NEWS 145: The Emperor Soulouque, having learned that a European journalist permitted himself to criticise some of the acts of his administration, arrived to sieze the guilty man and plunged him into a cooking pot full of boiling tar －All with the hope that this would serve as a lesson to this hack and that he would not write a second article against his majesty. (Official prefect of Haiti.) (Note from le Charivari) －This ingenious method to curb the deviations of the Press is recommended for the meditation of the Burgraves

NEWS 37: A STUBBORN OLD MAN. －Clerk of the court, would you be kind enough to tell me when they'll punish the individual who, at the place du Havre, put my eye in the condition in which you see it. －But sir, it's unthinkable that you should continue to wear such an eye-patch when we've proven to you that no one was punched in the place du Havre... do you know that the ex-members of the Society of the Tenth of December would have the right to demand compensation for the harm that you're doing to their reputation!

①（道中御奉行所様へ嘆願の宿々ヘ年々頂戴のこと再願書案文）　②（道中御奉行所様へ嘆願の滞刎金取立、御下げのこと再願書案文）　③（宿助成のため滞利金取立、御下げ渡願）　④本陣脇本陣御手当被下候処　御貸附先相滞可被下付　萩野寛一 　 様内願仕候口上書之写（人馬刎銭貸附利金御手当て頂戴仰付願）　⑤（宿御手当金頂戴仰付願）　⑥（文化3年琉球人参府帰国の節他、人馬継立方諸入用手当として 　 宿々ヘ下置金書上）　⑦書状（五街道道橋御見分にて御勘定様御普請役様等来月加納宿 　 御昼に付触のお知らせ）　⑧書状(御公役様御廻宿に付宿助成2割増一件願書に付他)　⑨(道中御奉行所様へ嘆願のこと願書)　⑩乍恐以口上書御伺奉申上候(関ヶ原宿人馬賃銭刎銭溜御貸附金速　 に返納の仰付示談願)　⑪書状(宿用金一件に付明後27日立ち申したきこと)　⑫(関ヶ原宿助成金一件に付掛、合筋のこと)