Meiji, Tenno, 1852-1912 (Emperor of Japan)
Person
Dates
- Existence: 1852 - 1912
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
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Documents re Jules Brunet and others, circa 1869
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 33/21
Scope and Contents
Correspondence and statements of evidence concerning Jules Brunet and other Frenchmen in the service of the Tycoon and subsequently in league with rebels against the Emperor Meiji's government. The documents are English translations made by William Ashton and written in his hand. One of the sheets includes notes by Parkes. The documents are as follows:Letter from Sawa Gwaimukio [Sawa Nobuyoshi] to Ange Maxime Outrey (French diplomat), 3 September 1869 (no place is...
Dates:
circa 1869
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
Item
Memorandum on punishment of daimyos, Jan. 1869
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 34/8
Scope and Contents
An undated memorandum [January 1869] concerning the punishment of daimyos hitherto in rebellion against the Emperor Meiji, including an English translation of an Imperial edict of January 1869 published in the 'Yedo Official Gazette' of 24 [January 1869].
Dates:
Jan. 1869
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
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Translations from Japanese newspapers, 1868
File
Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 15/1
Scope and Contents
A folder containing a manuscript table of contents followed by nine sets of press cuttings glued to the pages, 23 folios (sewn together), including blanks and the cover. The cuttings are as follows:'Translation from the Kioto Gazette of March, 1868. Constitution of the Mikado's Government.''Translation from the Kioto Government Gazette of March 1868. Memorial to the Daijokan': a memorial of 29 February 1868, with six signatories.'Translation from the Kioto...
Dates:
1868
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.
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Treaty between Japan and Hawaii, circa 1871
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Parkes 28/22
Scope and Contents
An undated manuscript copy of the treaty between Japan and Hawaii signed by Charles E. De Long, on behalf of King Kamehameha V of the Hawaiian Islands, and by Sawa Nobuyoshi and Terashima Munenori, on behalf of the Emperor Meiji of Japan, dated Yedo, 19 August 1871, followed by a copy of the ratification of the treaty signed by Kamehameha and Charles C. Harris, Honolulu, 11 May 1871 [sic].
Dates:
circa 1871
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Any person wishing to consult the collection must obtain written permission from Matheson and Co. Ltd. Applicants may submit their request an application form which is available from the Manuscripts Reading Room and via the University Library web pages at https://www.lib.cam.ac.uk/files/jm_application_form_2024_02.pdf. They should state specifically on the form that they desire access to the Parkes Papers.