Edo Period Collection Of Military Strategy Of Uesugi Kenshin At Auction

[Randy McCall]

A collection of 10 handwritten manuscripts and woodblock printed books from the Edo (and possibly later) periods, on equestrian and foot military battlefield strategy tactics.

 

Unusually, according to the seller, these draw on the strategies of Uesugi Kenshin, a powerful daimyo of the Sengoku period, most famous for being the opponent of Takeda Shingen, whose own military strategies form the basis for the much more well known military strategy texts Koyo Gunkan

 

Many diagrams, tables, woodblock printed charts. Many of the manuscripts have extra notations and text written in as addendum.

 

I've never seen a gathered collection of Uesugi's military theory before. It is also very rare to see an entire disparate collection sold online as one lot.  Therefore I would expect to these items sell for a higher than usual price, perhaps exceedingly so.

 

Condition: Varies from item to item, but generally Fair to Good - aged, stained, foxing, tears, wrinkles, insect damage

Auction ending: October 20

 

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