Tokugawa seiseiroku

• Author: Ichioka Masakazu
• Calligraphy by: Katsu Kaishû
• Published: c. 1890
• Japanese: 徳川盛世録 (Tokugawa seiseiroku)

The Tokugawa seiseiroku, or "Record of the Prosperous Age[s] of the Tokugawa," was compiled around 1890 - the 300th anniversary of the Tokugawa clan taking Edo castle as its base - by Tokugawa hatamoto Ichioka Masakazu. It incorporates numerous images of scenes in and around Edo, designed in an ukiyo-e style, as well as pages of calligraphy by prominent Meiji political figure Katsu Kaishû.

A scene from the Tokugawa seiseiroku depicting a daimyô procession outside Edo castle.

References

• Kurushima Hiroshi, presentation at "Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan" symposium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Feb 11 2013.