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Kinsei kijinden (Prominent Figures of Our Times)

Description

Digitized full text and illustrations of the Kinsei Kijinden (parts 1 and 2, published in the 1790s),a collection of biographies of Edo-period figures(artists,poets,etc.).Chinese and kana characters in the old form have been replaced with present-day equivalents. Characters not in the JIS Code have been replaced with JIS Code characters having the same meaning and pronunciation.

Data Count: 97 items (As of January 2002)

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