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This is a scan of the title page of the book published in 1822.

• 1822 -- Illustrations of Japan; consisting of Private Memoirs and Anecdotes of the reigning dynasty of The Djogouns, or Sovereigns of Japan; a description of the Feasts and Ceremonies observed throughout the year at their Court; and of the Ceremonies customary at Marriages and Funerals: to which are subjoined, observations on the legal suicide of the Japanese, remarks on their poetry, an explanation of their mode of reckoning time, particulars respecting the Dosia powder, the preface of a work by Confoutzee on filial piety, &c. &c. by M. Titsingh formerly Chief Agent to the Dutch East India Company at Nangasaki. Translated from the French, by en:Frederic Shoberl with coloured plates, faithfully copied from Japanese original designs. London: R. Ackermann. OCLC 5911523.

The author died in 1812; and the English translator/editor died in 1853.

• en:Isaac Titsingh (1745–1812)
• en:Frederic Shoberl (1775–1853

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• 2011-01-10 14:53:35 | Tenmei | 48891 | 429×599 | This digitized image was scanned from a photocopy of the title page of this rare book which is in the collection of the New York Public Library and the British Library and other libraries. The photocopy was made in London in the 1970s. The scan was made
• 2007-04-05 17:42:16 | Tenmei | 180178 | 984×1375 | {{Book cover|New York Public Library}}
• 2007-04-05 15:38:31 | Tenmei | 180178 | 984×1375 | {{Book cover|New York Public Library Picture Collection}}