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Book of Samurai Family Crests.

1820ref. 305224Edo 1820. 200 woodblock illustrations of crests some light soiling to margins. 208 pp. small oblong 8vo 110 x 155 mm. blue paper wrappers worn stitched. 200 woodblock illustrations of crests some light soiling to margins. 208 pp. small oblong 8vo 110 x 155 mm. Japanese woodcut book on the crests and symbols of the Samurai families. WITH: A series of 99 small manuscript information cards on for ceremonial use for Samurai families denoting their crests and banners pen ink and colors. First half of 19th century each card 70 x 55 mm some affected by worm tracks. unknown

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(SAMURAI ARMOR)Biblio.com

Kasaga Shrine Samurai Armor collection

1800ref. 305220Nara 1800. 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. 152 woodcut illustrations some double-page across several bifolia on mulberry paper. Folio 380 x260 mm. 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. unknown

James Cummins Bookseller · Estados UnidosUS$ 4.000,00≈ € 3.566,65

[SAMURAI TALES - MANUSCRIPT].Biblio.com

殺報轉輪記一二三四. Sappō tenrinki 1 2 3 4. Writings on Revenge Killings and Loyalty 1 2 3 4.

ref. 218340Japan. No date. Late Edo. Seven attractive colour manuscript ink and watercolour images 23.5 x 17cm 55 double-folded leaves 4-hole string binding paper title label upper cover. A little occasional worming contents paper on card covers insect damaged particularly on lower cover. This manuscript likely made in the late Edo period is a collection of samurai tales of revenge loyalty and self-sacrifice. The first story features Watanabe Kazuma 渡邊数馬 who avenged his brother Gentaro's death by pursuing and killing Kawai Matagorō. The book includes manuscript colour illustrations of the seven main figures involved in this vendetta—a story widely revered as a testament to loyalty and tenacity often portrayed in stage performances for the public. Another account in the collection details Ikeda Tsuneoki also known as Shōnyū and his son who perished in the Battle of Nagakute near Nagoya. . unknown

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Original photograph heightened with delicate watercolours.

ref. 73414Japan ca. 1890. Albumen print 26.5 x 21.2 cm with additional colouring. = A nice large photo captioned B 1159 Samurai Waking Style. This photograph shows a studio portrait of a samurai full-length standing between two potted conifers and bamboo. Samurai were the hereditary military nobility and officer caste of medieval and early-modern Japan from the 12th century to their abolition in the 1870s. They were the well-paid retainers of the daimyo the great feudal landholders. They had high prestige and special privileges such as wearing two swords. They cultivated the bushido codes of martial virtues indifference to pain and unflinching loyalty engaging in many local battles. During the peaceful Edo era 1603 to 1868 they became the stewards and chamberlains of the daimyo estates gaining managerial experience and education. In the 1870s they were 5% of the population. The Meiji Revolution ended their feudal roles and they moved into professional and entrepreneurial roles. Their memory and weaponry remain prominent in Japanese popular culture. Wikipedia. The word waking is peculiar perhaps watching or warding is meant. The same photo framed is according to their website present in the Library of Congress. Weak pencilled annotation on verso. Mildly creased more so towards the margins; print strong. A very attractive item. unknown

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EHON AMAGO YUUSHI DEN: ILLUSTRATED STORY OF A BRAVE SAMURAIBiblio.com

EHON AMAGO YUUSHI DEN: ILLUSTRATED STORY OF A BRAVE AMAGO SAMURAI: The Story of

ref. 99069701Tokyo 1870 Tohsendoh. Stitched orange wrs. very good 8.5 x 12 cm. 19 double folded leaves 50 pages of steel or copper engraved illustrations two large fold-outs opens to be a double set with 4 illustrations on both sides 8 in all. This work shows the courage & heroism Yamanaka Shikanosuke one of the bravest who served his Shogun Amago in the Sannin district. It was during the 16th century that Yamanaka became a wellknown legend for his bravery. This work outlines his deeds & escapades as a warrior. It shows various scenes in the life and actions of Yamanaka a women who threw off male attackers young people listening to the tales of recited by Yamanaka. Views of his early childhood as he rode a deer while his mother was protected by a monkey. Suppressing the Inoshishi wild boar how he protected his Lord Amago from attackers while traveling in a palanquin as he fends off attackers. His sword duels in full armor protection of unarmed Buddhist priests suppression of animal monsters capture of enemies &c. Fascinating graphic representations of true stories from Japan's rich Samurai past. The theme of courage loyalty and honor is clearly delivered and has become legendary. Expertly executed etchings drawn by Bai-Doh Kunimasa. FORMAT: The book is a very small size easily put in the pocket. The kind of a book people carried around and read. Nicely done profusely illustrated work capturing the imagination of the reader. BIBLIOGRAPHY: Not in Kerlen. . unknown

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Eiyū Hyakunin Isshu; Female Samurai; Tomoe GozenBiblio.com

Female Samurai Tomoe Gozen and Heroic Figures in Eiyū Hyakunin Isshu or One Hundred Heroes One Hundred Poems

1853ref. 236181853. Heroic biography woodblock print archive from the late Edo to early Meiji period primarily featuring famed female samurai Tomoe Gozen. Drawn from Eiyū Hyakunin Isshu "One Hundred Heroic Figures with Poems" the series combines portraits concise biographies and moralizing verse celebrating warriors imperial loyalists and legendary figures whose deeds formed the historical canon of the Tokugawa and early Meiji eras. The present group is distinguished by the inclusion of Tomoe Gozen one of the few female warriors represented in the Japanese heroic tradition. Her appearance alongside figures including Minamoto no Yoshitsune Kusunoki Masashige Nitta Yoshisada and Tokugawa Ieyasu demonstrates how publishers presented female martial valor not as an exception detached from samurai history but as part of the same continuum of loyalty military skill and sacrifice that defined Japan's most celebrated heroes. Eiyū Hyakunin Isshu 英雄百人一首. Japan late Edo to early Meiji period nineteenth century. Twelve original woodblock printed leaves on thin washi paper each approximately 4" x 7". Each sheet presents a full length portrait accompanied by a biographical text and poetic verse identifying a celebrated historical figure. Subjects represented include Tomoe Gozen the armored woman warrior of the Genpei War; Minamoto no Yoshitsune the brilliant and tragic Taira clan conqueror; Tokugawa Ieyasu the patient unifier and founder of the Tokugawa shogunate; Kusunoki Masashige the fourteenth century imperial loyalist later elevated as a model of self sacrificing service; Nitta Yoshisada the anti Kamakura commander associated with the 1333 assault on Kamakura; Tokiwagozen the courtly mother of Yoshitsune whose story became a model of maternal endurance; and a further female court or courtesan figure shown in elegant dress rather than armor indicating the series' inclusion of women remembered for beauty loyalty literary refinement or moral example as well as martial action. The Tomoe Gozen sheet depicts the heroine in complete samurai armor with bow quiver and paired swords reflecting the traditional iconography established by the Heike Monogatari in which she is praised as an accomplished horsewoman archer and swordswoman who fought beside Minamoto no Yoshinaka during the Genpei War. The accompanying biographical text recounts her martial accomplishments and enduring reputation among Japan's legendary heroes placing her within the same educational sequence as the nation's most celebrated military commanders. The Eiyū Hyakunin Isshu series emerged during a period where townspeople students and aspiring samurai could access historical legend. The concise biographies and poems distilled episodes from works including the Heike Monogatari Taiheiki and other medieval chronicles into a format that reinforced ideals of courage loyalty and service. Tomoe Gozen occupies an exceptional place within this tradition. Although medieval Japanese literature preserves relatively few women on the battlefield Tomoe's inclusion here alongside Yoshitsune Masashige and Ieyasu demonstrates that nineteenth century readers encountered her not as a literary curiosity but as one of the established heroic figures of Japanese history. Light edge wear moderate toning scattered corner losses and creasing consistent with removal from a bound volume; impressions and printed text remain clear. Overall good condition. A nineteenth century Japanese historical publishing preserving one of the enduring printed representations of Tomoe Gozen within the broader canon of Japan's heroic warriors. unknown

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Constantine Nomikos SamuraiBiblio.com

Tour of Duty:

ref. 04180063Good. Inscribed by author on front end page. Corners of DJ and boards bumped with small tear along top back edge of DJ. Text remains bright clean and unmarked. hardcover

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Kabuki; SamuraiBiblio.com

Military Imagery in Early Japanese Cartes de Visite of Samurai Roles in Kabuki Performance ca. 1860s-80s

1860ref. 231401860. Meiji JapanSamuraiKabuki Theatre Samurai identity in the late 19th century photo archive documenting kabuki depictions of warrior masculinity in Japan during the early Meiji period made after the abolition of the samurai class when images of warriors continued to shape popular understandings of military tradition and masculinity in Japan. These four photographs preserve samurai imagery as presented in popular theatre at a time when Japan's military identity was changing under rapid political transformation. The archive is especially strong for showing how kabuki performance sustained martial ideals in visual form after the social foundations of hereditary warrior status had been dismantled. Photo archive of 4 albumen carte-de-visite photographs approximately 2.5 x 3.5 inches Japan circa 1860s-1880s. The images show male sitters posed in studio interiors against plain backdrops and atop patterned floor coverings each dressed as a samurai or warrior character. One figure stands in full armor with a sword at his side and a striped staff or bow-like prop in hand his costume built from lamellar armor tassels shin guards and layered protective dress that stress the ceremonial weight of warrior costume. A second sitter tentatively identified as kabuki actor Jitsukawa Enjaku appears seated frontally in voluminous robes with sharply extended shoulder forms flanked by swords and posed on a textile-covered platform in a deliberately formal composition. A third stands holding a small prop structure in one hand with a sword tucked at the waist while a fourth in a more lightly defined but heavily worn image sits in traditional dress with topknot hairstyle and blades visible at the sash. Across the group the repeated use of swords stylized posture and exaggerated makeup grounds the archive in theatrical samurai iconography rather than ordinary portraiture. These photographs belong to the decades in which photography popular prints and theater recoded samurai visuals as a national historical image rather than a living class identity. Kabuki played a central role in that process preserving warrior narratives and masculine ideals for mass audiences while early commercial photography made those images widely distributable and accessible. For institutions building Japanese photography theater or military history holdings the archive offers direct evidence of how samurai identity was presented popularized and circulated in the first generation of Japanese photography. Heavy fading staining edge wear and mount losses to several cards most notably one with substantial abrasion and corner loss; overall fair to good condition. A group exemplifying the presentation of samurai imagery in popular theatre and photography in Meiji Japan. unknown

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SAMURAI FAMILY CRESTSABAA

Book of Samurai Family Crests.

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SAMURAI EQUESTRIAN MANUSCRIPT HikoABAA

Otsuba School for Samurai Warriors. Manuscript text on the samurai military art of equestrianism

1860ref. 3052211860. 37 pen and ink illustrations of techniques of horse breaking. On rice paper. 8vo 240 x 170 mm. Wrappers in thicker paper with title labels covers slightly soiled and occasionally affected by worm holes some spreading through the text. 37 pen and ink illustrations of techniques of horse breaking. On rice paper. 8vo 240 x 170 mm. A fine mid 19th century Samurai text on horse-riding by Hiko. The Otsubo school of samurai training originated in the 7th century and was popularized in the 12th century when the elite Samurai warriors rode into battle. By 1600 under the comparitive peace of the Toguwara Era the military practice of Military equestrianism was discouraged and often became more of a ceremonial practice amongst the Samurai clans. This late manuscript text just predates the final extinguishing of the Samurai clans by the Meiji Emperor. unknown books

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SAMURAI ARMORABAA

Kasaga Shrine Samurai Armor collection

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Samurai Press: Ficke Arthur DavisonABAA

THE EARTH PASSION BOUNDARY & OTHER POEMS

1908ref. WRCLIT70780Cranleigh Surrey: The Samurai Press 1908. Small quarto. Cloth backed printed boards paper spine label t.e.g. Spine spotted as often light rubbing at edges otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Although nowhere so indicated approximately three hundred copies were printed. Because the press could not afford to buy sufficient type to print this work by hand it was commercially printed. WOOLMER XXII. The Samurai Press hardcover books

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Samurai Press: Ficke Arthur DavisonABAA

THE EARTH PASSION BOUNDARY & OTHER POEMS

1908ref. WRCLIT60394Cranleigh Surrey: The Samurai Press 1908. Small quarto. Cloth backed printed boards paper spine label t.e.g. Spine very slightly spotted light rubbing at edges otherwise a very good copy. First edition. Although nowhere so indicated approximately three hundred copies were printed. Because the press could not afford to buy sufficient type to print this work by hand it was commercially printed. WOOLMER XXII. The Samurai Press hardcover books

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Samurai Press: Gibson Wilfrid WilsonABAA

THE STONEFOLDS

1907ref. WRCLIT48849London: Samurai Press 1907. Printed boards printed paper spine label. First edition. One of five hundred copies. Spine tanned and chipped with loss in two places label chipped but legible boards darkened at edges signature on front pastedown but a sound copy of a fragile book. WOOLMER VII. Samurai Press hardcover books

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Ito Tommy Louis ThomasLivre Rare Book

Les samourais. Le code du guerrier (Beaux livres)

2008ref. 11362Gremese Editore 2008 208 pages 23 8x2 2x15 8cm. 2008. Relié. 208 pages. Cet ouvrage étudie l'histoire et la culture des samouraïs guerriers d'élite japonais en analysant leur entraînement leur armement leurs stratégies militaires et leur philosophie du Bushido. Il couvre leur évolution depuis les premiers colons jusqu'à leur abolition au XIXe siècle décrivant tous les aspects de leur vie et de leur code d'honneur exigeant une loyauté absolue envers leur maître

Maison Vallon Librairie · Le Thor, França€ 14,00

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SAMURAI, geschiedenis van wapenrusting

ref. 12477, Brussel, Gemeentekrediet, 1984., softcover, originele geillustreerde uitgeversomslag in kleur, 21x29,5cm, 181pp, geillustreerd in kleur en z/w,

ERIK TONEN BOOKS · Antwerpen, Bélgica€ 20,00

Naomi Noble Richard ; Erica WeederLivre Rare Book

COURT AND SAMURAI IN AN AGE OF TRANSITION. MEDIEVAL PAINTINGS AND BLADES FROM THE GOTOH MUSEUM, TOKYO.

ref. 21045Tokyo, Japan Society Gallery, 1990 Pictorial softcover, 225 x 300mm., 127pp., profoundly color illustrated. . ISBN 0913304298.

ERIK TONEN BOOKS · Antwerpen, Bélgica€ 35,00

ratti ( oscar ) westbrook ( adele )Livre Rare Book

guide des arts martiaux les secrets des samouraï

ref. 3544éditions de la courtille 1976 in 8 reliure éditeur

Le Monde à l'Envers · Montargis, França€ 35,00

( Japon - Samouraï ) - Wacaw Sieroszewski.Livre Rare Book

L'Amour du Samouraï.

ref. 24095Société Française d'Editions Littéraires et Techniques / Bibliothèque du Hérisson - Les Grand Romans Etrangers Contemporains 1932. In-12 broché de 283 pages au format 12 x 19 cm. Couverture avec titre imprimé et petite illustration. Bords des plats et mors, très, très légèrement insolés. Dos carré, un peu insolé, avec pâle petite tache verticale. Intérieur frais. Superbe état général. Un des 40 exemplaires du tirage de tête, numérotés sur vergé lafuma pur fil, seul grand papier ( n° 27 ). Rare édition originale en tirage de tête de ce Roman d'aventures mettant en scène des Samouraïs, traduit du polonais par A. Morzkowska.

Librairie Victor Sevilla · Paris, França€ 155,00

Soulié de Morant GeorgeLivre Rare Book

Le trésor des loyaux samouraïs

1959ref. za1665Club des Libraires de France toile d'éditeur avec rhodoïd 1959 In-12 (11.5 x 20 cm), reliure toile rouge de l'éditeur sous rhodoïd, 1er plat orné d'une vignette couleurs, gardes dépliantes illustrées en couleurs, 282 pages, signet, un des 4000 exemplaires numérotés réservés aux membres du Club des Libraires de France, exemplaire n°687, tirage sur Vergé Barjon, six estampes anciennes de Hiroshige en couleurs ; quelques traces au rhodoïd, intérieur frais, bel état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.

Abraxas-Libris · Bécherel, França€ 13,20

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Samurai (Passage 44, Bruxelles, 21 septembre - 18 novembre 1984)

1984ref. sd1158Dos carré collé 1984 In-4 (21 x 29,6 cm), dos carré collé, 181 pages, iconographies en noir sauf quelques photographies en couleurs, catalogue d'exposition (Passage 44, Bruxelles, 21 septembre - 18 novembre 1984) ; légère pliure au dos insolé, petite note manuscrite sur la première page, par ailleurs bon état. Livraison a domicile (La Poste) ou en Mondial Relay sur simple demande.

Abraxas-Libris · Bécherel, França€ 32,00

NITOBE InazoLivre Rare Book

Bushido. L'âme du Japon

1982ref. 179037S.I.A.M S.I.A.M, 1982. In-8 broché de 109 pages illustrées. Bon état

Librairie Gil - Artgil SARL · Rodez, França€ 30,00

AnonymeLivre Rare Book

Armes japonaises dans les collections privées françaises

1977ref. 50726Galerie Robert Burawoy 1977 édition originale. Tirage limité à 300 exemplaires. In-4, reliure de l’éditeur pleine toile beige, sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs, 80 pp., 137 illustrations en noir et en couleurs. Il manque 7 cm en pied du premier plat de la jaquette, autrement exemplaire impeccable.

Librairie de l'Avenue · Saint-Ouen, França€ 209,00

Joubert MaxLivre Rare Book

Les flingueurs

2002ref. 110449Dreamland éditeur, coll. « CinéPulp », n° 2 2002 In-8 broché 21 cm sur 15,5. 135 pages. Bon état d’occasion.

Librairie de l'Avenue · Saint-Ouen, França€ 17,00