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The colophon records that the armours listed are the property of Akita Hachirobei and the ilustrations by an official named Shimazaki Sutehachi
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ILLUSTRATED BY SHIMAZAKI SUTEHACHI, EDO PERIOD (1852)
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Edo onbugurui gazu [Illustrations of Edo armour]
Illustrated by Shimazaki Sutehachi, Edo Period (1852)
Manuscript text on paper with colour illustrations of weapons, armour, banners and other accoutrements on fifty-five double-page spreads, bound in fukurotoji-bon style, with blind-printed blue-paper wrapper and paper label inscribed Edo onbugurui gazu, the last with an explanatory colophon (see below) dated Kaei 5 (=1852) and the names of Uehara Saburo Arimasa, Bugu Shigai [Comptroller of Armour], and Goto Bungoemon Hirokata, Bugu Bugyo [Commissioner of Armour]
10 11/16 x 7 13/16in. (27.2 x 19.8cm.)
Illustrated by Shimazaki Sutehachi, Edo Period (1852)
Manuscript text on paper with colour illustrations of weapons, armour, banners and other accoutrements on fifty-five double-page spreads, bound in fukurotoji-bon style, with blind-printed blue-paper wrapper and paper label inscribed Edo onbugurui gazu, the last with an explanatory colophon (see below) dated Kaei 5 (=1852) and the names of Uehara Saburo Arimasa, Bugu Shigai [Comptroller of Armour], and Goto Bungoemon Hirokata, Bugu Bugyo [Commissioner of Armour]
10 11/16 x 7 13/16in. (27.2 x 19.8cm.)
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