“Military Writings of the Yoshitsune School” title from table of contents

by “Yoshitsune RyŪ Gunsho” 義經流軍書

$4,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Manuscript on paper. Six hand-colored brush & ink illus., one black-ink diagram, & red lines running through some of the text. Large 8vo 272 x 194 mm. , orig. wrappers with orig. manuscript title slip, new stitching. Japan : after 1700 probably mid-Edo . A manual of military learning from the early Edo period. It consists of numerous short essays written largely in kanbun on various topics, including how to advance on a mountain path,

• Binding: Wrappers

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