Lot 1009
  • 1009

[Japanese manuscript]. Horse training

Estimate
1,500 - 2,000 USD
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Description

  • Ōtsuboryū bajutsu hisho [Secret book of Otsubo school equestrian]. [No colophon, Keichô period (1596-1615)]
  • Ink and paper
Manuscript in Japanese. One volume (of two?) (9 3/8 x 7 3/8 in.; 240 x 189 mm). 133 pages on rice paper, illustrated with twenty-one drawings of horses and nineteen small drawings of training tools and other accoutrement; two red ink stamps. Original orange wrappers with later printed title label: Ōtsuboryū Bajyutsu Hisho. Dark blue Japanese cloth case, with Japanese title label and plastic ties, one red ink stamp in the inside cover.

Provenance

Philip Hofer (bookplate)