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*''Author: [[Ichioka Masakazu]]<!--市岡正一-->''

*''Author: [[Ichioka Masakazu]]<!--市岡正一-->''

*''Calligraphy by: [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]]''

*''Calligraphy by: [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]]''

*''Published: c. [[1890]]''

*''Published: [[1889]]''

*''Japanese'': 徳川盛世録 ''(Tokugawa seiseiroku)''

*''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 government|Meiji]] political figure [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]].

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]]. Aiming to show the [[Edo period]] as one of prosperity, it discusses and depicts numerous rituals and ceremonies of the [[Tokugawa shogunate]], as well as other aspects of the Tokugawa order, and of scenes in and around [[Edo]] otherwise. Prominent [[Meiji government|Meiji]] political figure [[Katsu Kaishu|Katsu Kaishû]] provided the calligraphy for the title page.

[[File:Tokugawa Seiseiroku 001.jpg|center|thumb|700px|A scene from the ''Tokugawa seiseiroku'' depicting a ''daimyô'' procession outside Edo castle.]]

[[File:Tokugawa Seiseiroku 001.jpg|center|thumb|700px|A scene from the ''Tokugawa seiseiroku'' depicting a ''daimyô'' procession outside Edo castle.]]

==References==

==References==

*[[Kurushima Hiroshi]], presentation at "[http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/japan/event2013/Index.htm#symposium Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan]" symposium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Feb 11 2013.

*[[Kurushima Hiroshi]], presentation at "[http://www.hawaii.edu/asiaref/japan/event2013/Index.htm#symposium Interpreting Parades and Processions of Edo Japan]" symposium, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Feb 11 2013.

[[Category:Meiji Period]]

[[Category:Meiji Period]]

[[Category:Historical Documents]]

[[Category:Historical Documents]]