[琉球人江戸上り狂歌刷物／一枚] / Kyōka Print of Ryūkyūan Mission to Edo, 1 Sheet

This printed material is a motif of kyōka (comic tanka Japanese poem) based on the Edo-dachi (the Ryukyuan mission to Edo) of 1832 previously unknown. It is edited by Kigyoku, a Dutch-trained physician in Fukui and the Kaga Domain. A multi-color woodblock printed work. It depicts an occasion of the Ryukyuans composing kyōka and introduces the kyōka written by thirty-five people. This is a crucial document for understanding how merchants and intellectuals of Edo perceived the Ryukyuan’s missions (also refer to University of the Ryukyus Library Newsletter Biblio No. 147, vol. 40, no.2, p.5).