Manuscript on paper, entitled “Kōyō bubi shūran” 甲陽武備集覽 “Collected Readings on Military Readiness in Kai Province”

by Kageharu 牛窪景晴 Ushikubo

$6,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Numerous fine hand-colored brush & ink illus. in text. 30 parts in eight vols. 8vo 265 x 190 mm. , orig. semi-stiff patterned blue wrappers, new stitching, orig. title slips on covers. Japan : after 1813. A handsomely illustrated manuscript related to the famous Kōyō gunkan 甲陽軍鑑 Military Mirror of Kai Province , which like our text focuses on the Takeda 武田 clan. The Takeda clan had a profound influence on the development

• Binding: Wrappers

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