Kinpishō 禁秘抄 Notes on the Forbidden and the Secret

by Emperor 順徳天皇 Juntoku

$7,500 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

25; 29; 45 folding leaves. Three vols. Large 8vo, orig. patterned semi-stiff wrappers, old stitching. Kyoto: Tanioka Shichirōbei 谷岡七郎兵衛, 1652. Second edition 1st ed.: 1644-47 of this medieval work on court ceremonies and rituals. In the Heian period, different schools of court ceremonial had emerged. Our book was written by Emperor Juntoku 1197-1242 during the Kamakura period, when the power of the emperors was circumscribed by that of

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