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1803 
tonne Hiteudai. Mncyclopedia of Foods (Honshoshokukan), published Hiranoya, Jun 
Nothing ie known of the author of this compendium of all the 
plants, fish, and 
anixals used for food and commerce in medieval Japan, ‘The description of each 
form is accompanied by a short account of the taste, manufacture, and distri- 
bution of ite products, The fur seal is described briefly (pp 27-28, vol 11). 
Terajina, Ryoan, oe and Descriptions of Animals and Plante of Ja and China 
(Wakan Saneaj Zukai), vole I-OV, published in Osaka, 1713. 
This work, compiled by a famous medical practitioner of Osaka, is one of the 
best known of the Japanese mediewl natural histories, It is frequently re- 
ferred to by oriental scholars, even today, The figured description of the 
fur seal (wl 38) is more concerned with the therepeutic and food values than 
with positive identification of the animal and parently ie based lar, on 
hearsay and folklore, Fs 7 lad 
Arei, Hakuseki, Concerning Hokkaido (Ezosehi), originally published in volumes in 
Osaka, January 1720, Reprinted by Yoshikawa Kobunkan, Tokyo, Jan 1906, 
Arai was a noted 18th century Japanese scholar, but hie short description of 
the fur seal (p 686, wol 3) is so inaccurate that be could not have been ac- 
quainted with the animal at first hand, 
Shitemi, Kwangeteu, ‘Famous Products of Sea, Land and Mountain (Sankai Meisanme), 
vole I-¥, 10" by 7°, Osaka, 1798, 

Shitoni wae an artist who travelled around Japan for 2Q years making sketches 
of the people, the countryside, and the marine and animal life he encountered, 
with which he illustrated hie writings, His account of the fur seal (pp 18 
21, vol 5) is remarkably detailed and accurate and shows first-hand knowledge 
of the subject, . 
Anon, Souvenir of Hokkaido (Ezo Miyage). ‘The original of this work is a band- 
written illustrated manuscript written adout 1801; 1% was not published until 100 
years later when it was finally edited by Ishikawa Kosai and printed ae follows: 
wol I, 33 pp, 21 figs; wol II, 27 pp, 30 figs; Sdpporo, 1900, 
It contains an interesting first-hand account of the Ainu bunting of the fur 
seal, and of the preparation of seal glande for medicine, 
Ono, Ranzan, & ° a of Plants and Animals (Honzo Komoku Keimo), vole I-LXXIKX, 
published by Shohoken, Kyoto, Feb 1803, 
Ono was an erudite scholar who was born in Kyoto in 1729 and died in 1810, His 
greatest work was hie tranesletion of the 52 volumes and 21 leaflets of the Honzo 
Kowoku, a Chinese natural history written by the profound naturalist Rizi Chin 
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