James Cummins Bookseller

[Kyoto: c.1780].

Price: $5,000.00

About the item

4to. Wrappers.

Item #305217

"A pictorial guide to the various Samurai garments, arms and hats worn, 48 pp manuscript, 8vo (230 x 160 mm), on rice paper, illustrated with over 90 sketches in pen and ink and colors, some light worming at upper margins, covers in thicker paper, upper cover worn;

together:

with 4 other Japanese manuscript guides to samurai arms, including two volumes, A manual on matchlock weapons, c.1800, another volume on siege weaponry, c.1780; and a volume on the use of arms issued by the Taisei School, c.1800.