[MID 19TH CENTURY COLLECTION OF DAJOKAN DOCUMENTS].

[幕末明治初期太政官関連史料]. [Bakumatsu Meiji shoki dajōkan kanren shiryō].<BR> [Dajokan Related Materials around the End of Edo Period and the Beginning of Meiji Era].

[Japan]. Stock ID #214226

10 manuscript sheets of varying size, minor wear at edges, some occasional browning but overall very good.

This distinctive collection of ten handwritten documents spans a pivotal transitional period in Japanese history, from the final years of the Edo period to the early Meiji era. The documents reflect a wide variety of official and diplomatic concerns, such as coastal defence arrangements in response to the increasing arrival of foreign ships, records concerning the surrender of regional lords following internal conflict, the landing of a British diplomatic mission, and a manuscript copy of an imperial letter involving the Shimazu clan of Satsuma and the influential court noble Iwakura Tomomi.

Among the more significant items is a document thought to detail the Dajōkan’s (Great Council of State) policies for handling foreign incursions, including a list of regional officials operating under its authority. Other documents provide brief profiles of foreign diplomatic representatives in Japan and a chronological summary of treaty exchanges with the United States.


Names of major historical significance appear across the documents, including Iwakura Tomomi (岩倉具視), Shimazu Jusan’I (島津従三位), Sanjō Saneyoshi (三条実美), and three notable British figures: Sir Harry Parkes, William George Aston, and Ernest Mason Satow. As a group, these manuscripts offer valuable insight into the shifting political and diplomatic landscape of mid-19th-century Japan.

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