Lot Essay
1 See Nihon no Kassen Bugu Jiten (Sasama yoshihiko, 1999), p. 26
2 See ibid., p. 46
2 See ibid., p. 46
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TWO ILLUSTRATED ARCHERY SCROLLS AND A BOOK
A handscroll entitled Hito hari yumi e zu maki [illustrated scroll of hito hari bow] signed Unohachi Zaemon and Gen Gyo with date Manji san nen ne hachigatsu jugonichi [the fifteeth day of the eight month of 1660]; a Shinto-related mythological account of the origin of the hito hari bow in the prologue, followed by a detailed illustration dissecting each component of the bow; the illustration1 modelled on Hyogo kashira Minamoto Yorimasa hito hari yumi, a particular bow which acquired its name from the chief of Hyogo; each individual section along the main body of the bow named after a god or a constellation with a total of thirty-six gods and twenty-eight constellations names used; the colophon gives a brief history of the Hyogo bow and relates how the wood used for the bow was brought back from the Tang court in China; ink on paper; 413 x 28.5cm.
A handscroll; anonymous, Hazoroe [feather line-up]; forty-four illustrations2 of different types of hawk feathers for fletching arrows, the pattern of each feather clearly illustrated, named and numbered; ink on paper; 117 x 18cm.
And an illustrated book; Hirase Mitsuo, Shaho shin sho zen, revised by his son Hirase Kou in the eight month of 1796 and published in the first month of the following year in Kyoto; seven illustrations with clear guidelines on correct postures and shooting methods; together with an appendix titled Furoku Riman-yumi shaho illustrating three techniques for a smaller type of bow, Riman-yumi, and eight illustrations of the bow and its components; ink on paper; 22.5 x 16cm. (3)
A handscroll entitled Hito hari yumi e zu maki [illustrated scroll of hito hari bow] signed Unohachi Zaemon and Gen Gyo with date Manji san nen ne hachigatsu jugonichi [the fifteeth day of the eight month of 1660]; a Shinto-related mythological account of the origin of the hito hari bow in the prologue, followed by a detailed illustration dissecting each component of the bow; the illustration
A handscroll; anonymous, Hazoroe [feather line-up]; forty-four illustrations
And an illustrated book; Hirase Mitsuo, Shaho shin sho zen, revised by his son Hirase Kou in the eight month of 1796 and published in the first month of the following year in Kyoto; seven illustrations with clear guidelines on correct postures and shooting methods; together with an appendix titled Furoku Riman-yumi shaho illustrating three techniques for a smaller type of bow, Riman-yumi, and eight illustrations of the bow and its components; ink on paper; 22.5 x 16cm. (3)
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