2025-02-13
65 items from Suruga Date Collection (Early-modern) held by the Kyoto University Museum have been newly released
65 items from Suruga Date Documents (Early-Modern) held by the Kyoto University Museum have been newly released.
▼Suruga Date Documents (Early-Modern)
The Suruga Date, a family sharing the same ancestor as the famous Date Masamune of Northern Japan were a warrior (kokujin) family based in Suruga Province (currently known as Shizuoka Prefecture). They moved to Tsuyama domain in Mimasaka province (current day Okayama Prefecture) where they survived during the Early Modern era (1600-1868). In all, 121 documents survive in the Suruga Date collection, with the oldest dating from the fourteenth century, and the most recent dating from the late nineteenth century (Meiji era).
Documents from the Early Modern to the Meiji era are available now. The documents cover a wide range of topics, but at the heart of them are those relating to the dispute over the Date family name from 1690 to the following year.
Yūki Hideyasu shuinjō 結城秀康朱印状
Please also see the 56 medieval documents.
▼Suruga Date Documents (Medieval)
As of February 13, 2025, Kyoto University Rare Materials Digital Archive provides 2,154,597 images of 25,582 titles.