(JAPAN ARCHERY) Manuscript volume and hand painted scroll

Sale 2555 - Lot 307

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(JAPAN -- ARCHERY.) Manuscript volume and hand-painted scroll pertaining to Kyudo (Japanese martial art of archery). 63-page manuscript handbook on Kyudo interspersed with hand-drawn illustrations. 8vo format, 10 1/4x7 1/2 inches, plain paper wrappers, later stitching, light soiling; internally fine. Tempo 10 (1839)

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together with: A fine manuscript scroll on Kyudo with 7 detailed paintings of various Yumi (Japanese bows). 4 sheets joined, 6 3/4x101 inches (8 1/2 feet), with silk-covered paper terminal edge; generally excellent with pigments appropriately oxidized through the verso. Circa 1800.