Numerous brush & ink illus. (some heightened in red, blue, brown, yellow, & gray ink) in text. 20 parts in 7 vols. Ca. 522 folding leaves. 8vo (242 x 170 mm.), orig. wrappers, new stitching (a bit loose). [Japan]: 1847.

A very rare and richly illustrated manuscript on military doctrine and practice, compiled during the early or mid-Edo period. Only one or two complete copies appear to be available in Japanese libraries, and none in North America. It has never been published.

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