Fish Chronicle of Peace

by Uo Taiheiki 魚大平記

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

Five double-page & three full-page woodcuts. 35 folding leaves. 8vo, orig. wrappers, orig. block-printed title label on upper wrapper, new stitching. Japan: 1681 . The Taiheiki Chronicle of Great Peace is a historical epic written in the late 14th century that covers the period of war within Japan from 1319 to 1367 between the Northern and Southern courts. It is part of the genre known as gunki or kassen monogatari, tales of epic wars between two

• Binding: Wrappers

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