Fonds SC77 - Facsimile of 'Book of Documents' (Shujing)

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Cote

GB 891 SC77

Titre

Facsimile of 'Book of Documents' (Shujing)

Date(s)

  • 1939 (Création/Production)

Niveau de description

Fonds

Étendue matérielle et support

1 scroll

Zone du contexte

Nom du producteur

Toyo Bunko
(1924-)

Histoire administrative

The Toyo Bunko, or The Oriental Library, is Japan's oldest research library dedicated to Asian studies. It was established in 1924 by Hisaya Iwasaki, the third president of the Mitsubishi.

Dépôt

Royal Asiatic Society Archives

Histoire archivistique

Source immédiate d'acquisition ou de transfert

Source of acquisition is unknown.

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Portée et contenu

A printed facsimile of Book Six of the Chinese classical book Book of Documents (Shujing) in the format of a scroll, with added typographical marks in red. This version of the text was originally copied and annotated by Nakahara Yasutaka in 1330, and this facsimile was published by Toyo Bunko in 1939. This scroll is number 255 of a limited edition of 300 copies, and is accompanied by a thread-bound booklet containing explanatory text of the reproduction and the book.

The cardboard case in which the scroll was originally stored contains a printed title label and is inscribed ‘No 660 Shu Ching (BK 6. Facsimile reproduction)’. This refers to number 660 in Shelly Wang’s catalogue of Chinese materials in the Society’s guard books. The case has disintegrated into two pieces.

The scroll measures 930cm (w) x 25cm (h).

Évaluation, élimination et calendrier de conservation

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Conditions d'accès

Open. Please contact the Archivist.

Conditions de reproduction

Langue des documents

  • chinois
  • japonais

Écriture des documents

    Notes de langue et graphie

    Caractéristiques matérielle et contraintes techniques

    Instruments de recherche

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    Existence et lieu de conservation des originaux

    Existence et lieu de conservation des copies

    Another copy of the printed scroll is held in the Harvard Yenching Library (990080739850203941).

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    Mots-clés - Sujets

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    Identifiant de la description

    gb891 sc77

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        Note de l'archiviste

        This item was catalogued by James Liu, RAS Archivist, in March 2026.

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