Eisei Bunko Museum
Saturday, April 27–Sunday, June 23, 2024

Early Summer Exhibition

Natural History Studies by the Hosokawa Lords
List of WorksNo.

Title/ArtistPeriod

1Portrait of Hosokawa Shigekata with the inscription by Taniguchi Keiko
By Takehara Harumichi

Edo period, 18th century

2“Itoku Seiyo (Virtues and Accomplishments of Hosokawa Shigekata)”
By Kobori Tsuneharu

1763 (Horeki13)

Entrusted to
Kumamoto University Library“Gindai Iji (Memoirs of Hosokawa Shigekata)”
3
Edited by Takamoto Shimei

1790 (Kansei2)

Entrusted to
Kumamoto University Library

4 File of Letters of Hosokawa Shigekata Duplicated by Amanuensis

Entrusted to1758-1783 (Horeki8-Tenmei3) Kumamoto University Library

5 List of Natural History Albums

Edo period, 18th-19th century

6 “Zatsuji Funjokai (Encyclopedia of the Kumamoto Region)”

1785 (Tenmei5)

Seal
Owned by Hosokawa Shigekata
Pigeon on a Withered Tree8
By Hosokawa Shigekata
9 “Mokaikikan (Album of Natural History Paintings)”
10 “Chinkinkijuzu (Album of Rare Animal Paintings)”
11 “Hyakkibojo (Compendium of Plants)”
7

Entrusted toKumamoto University Library

Edo period, 18th century
Edo period, 18th century
Edo period, 18th century
Edo period, 18th century
Edo period, 18th century

12 “Shohyakukeijozu (Compendium of Plants)”

Edo period, 18th-19th century

13 “Somokuikiutsushi (Compendium of Plants)”
Reproduction: “Somokukeijo (Compendium of Plants)”
14
Copied by Tsuruta Takeharu
15 “Somokuikiutsushi (Compendium of Plants)”
16 Sketches of Morning glories and Lilies
17 “Kinshuso (Compendium of Plants)”
18 “Shuhozu (Compendium of Plants)”
Sketches of Peonies and Chinese peonies
19
By Kano Osanaga
Sketches of Japanese irises
20
By Akahoshi Kan-i, Matsuyama Keisei, Matsuoka Keiren

Dated 1761 (Horeki11)

21 “Kabokukeijo (Compendium of Plants)”

Edo period, 18th-19th century

22 “Konchushokazu (Metamorphic Phases of Insects)”
Reproduction: “Konchushokazu (Metamorphic Phases of Insects)”
23
Copied by Tsuruta Takeharu
24 “Churuiikiutsushi (Metamorphic Phases of Insects)”

Edo period, 18th century

25 “Mushiryakugashiki (Sketches of Insects)”

Edo period, 18th-19th century

26 Sketches of Water Birds
27 Sketches of Birds

Dated 1755 (Horeki5)
Edo period, 18th century

28 Sketches of Birds

Edo period, 18th-19th century

Dated 1789 (Tenmei9)
Dated 1762 (Horeki12)
Edo period, 18th century
Edo period, 18th century
Edo period, 18th century
Dated 1856 (Ansei3)
Edo period, 19th century

Dated 1789 (Tenmei9)
Edo period, 18th century

29 Botanical Specimens

1758 (Horeki8)

30 Botanical Specimens “Collection of Three Thousand Plants”
31 Botanical Specimens

Edo period
Edo period

32 Specimens of Pearls

1756-72(Horeki6-Anei1)

33 Specimens of Shells “Collected at Shiratsuruhama Beach”

18th-19th century

Entrusted toKumamoto University Library

Entrusted toKumamoto University Library

No.

Title/ArtistPeriod

Kataginu (Overvest)
with design of morning glories and nobleman's carts on white ground
Kataginu (Overvest)
35
with design of daikon and mallet on brown ground
Kazuraobi (Headband)
36
with design of wisteria on white ground
Kazuraobi (Headband)with design of morning glories on blue ground
Kazuraobi (Headband)with design of three-leaf arrowheads
Kazuraobi (Headband)with design of fence and bush clover on pale blue ground
Kazuraobi (Headband)with design of creeping plants on light green ground
Kazuraobi (Headband)with design of gentian flowers and scrolling vines on white groundHip Drum Body (Noh instrument)37
with design of cherry blossoms
Shoulder Drum Body (Noh instrument)
38
with design of irises and east asian yellow water-lilies
Incense Container
39 with design of autumn plant and dragonfly in makie and mother-of-pearl
inlay
Kogai (Skewer)40
with design of insects and grapes
Writing Box
41with design of magpie and plum tree in makie
Document Box
42 with design of wheat ears and swallows in makie
By Takano Shozan
34

Edo periodEdo period
Edo period, 18th century
Edo period, 18th century
Edo period, 18th-19th century
Edo period, 18th-19th century
Edo period, 18th-19th century
Edo period, 19th century
Meiji period, 19th century
Edo period, 18th century
Edo period, 17th-18th century
Edo period, 18th century
Edo period, 19th century
1936 (Showa 11)*All the displayed objects belong to the Eisei Bunko Collection.
* Please note that exhibits are subject to change without notice.