Kasaga Shrine Samurai Armor collection.

[Nara: c. 1800].

Price: $4,000.00


About the item

152 woodcut illustrations, some double-page across several bifolia, on mulberry paper. Folio (380 x260 mm.). With a small stain on the opening pages, thicker paper covers, slightly soiled the upper cover with a few worm holes, not affecting illustrations. upper cover title label not present. Stitched. Ownership chop of Sato Takekicho.

Item #305220

Woodcut book of the samurai armor at the Kasaga Shrine, Nara Prefecture,

"A fine illustrated text on an important collection of ancient samurai armor. The Kasaga shrine in Nara, was the shrine of the Fujiwara family, first built in 768 and rebuilt several times over the centuries and is now one of the more important in Japan and a Unesco World Heritage Site. The family armor which came to be placed in the Shrine, includes pieces dating from the 12th century, such as a special helmet with a sparrow motif, said to have been dedicated by Minamoto no Yokishitsune, dating form the Kamakura period, 1185. The shrine is famous for its bronze lanterns."