Fine, long woodblock, carved with text on both sides, of leaves 5-8 of Vol. 6 of Gikei ki 義經記 Chronicle of Yoshitsune

by Japanese Woodblock

$3,750 · Offered by Jonathan A. Hill Bookseller

Woodblock 224 x 850 mm. . Kyoto: 1697 . A fine example of a very long and early woodblock, with the characters carved in a very fluid cursive style kuzushiji くずし字 , recreating the effect of a manuscript. The Gikei ki “tells a fictional story based on the life of Minamoto Yoshitsune, a famous military commander of the 12th century. In the book, Yoshitsune’s elder brother Minamoto Yoritomo, the first shogun in the history of

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