大島筆記 付録 / Ōshima Notes, appendix

On the book cover, there is a title of "Ryukyu zatsuwa furoku zen", but this book is a manuscript of an appendix of Ōshima hikki written by Tobe Yoshihiro. It is unknown when this manuscript was made. In 1762, there was an accident that a ship from Ryukyu to Satsuma was flown to Kashiwa Island of Tosa domain because of a gale, and the ship was brought to Ōshima of Sukumo from Kashiwa Island. Tobe Yoshihiro who was a scholar of Confucianism of Tosa domain interviewed Shiohira Seisei and the other envoys about the politics and the culture of Shuri Ōfu at that time. Ōshima hikki is a record of the interview. It is composed of 2 volumes and 1 appendix. This book is a manuscript of the appendix of Ōshima hikki. It contains "Ryukyu uta (a lyric poem of Ryukyu), "Ryukyujin waka (Japanese poetry composed by Ryukyuan) and "Amayo no monogatari (a novel)". The 2nd volume of this book is HW727(2), Ōshima hikki ge.(Updated on November 4, 2022)