A rare book sketching the Japanese courtesy and customs of the Edo period is released for all pages free of charge

JMW Silver who came to Japan accompanying the fleet of the British Marine Corps put together a ceremonial occasion in Japan during the Edo era summarizing from 1864 to 1865, a festival at dawn, a stomach, a bathing, a visit to a grave, etc. There is a rare book published in London in 1867 called "Sketches of Japanese manners and customs", even now at AmazonPaperback version costs 15,000 yenIt is also a level to do.

Such rare book is "Doshisha University's"Rare book digital archiveIt is made public so that anyone can browse all pages for free through the net. Not only Volume 1, which contains well-known 27 colored paintings, but has been released to Volume 5, it is quite fat.

Browsing is from the following.
Volume 1


Volume 2


Volume 3


Volume 4


Volume 5


On the page of Kyushu University digital archive, a more vivid version of the color has been released.

Japanese manner and customs

The attitude of each university that unleashly exposes such precious materials on the net is wonderful. It makes me feel the original power of the Internet.