Hippu zukai
Subtitle: buk no maki
Publisher: s.n.
Published: 1710
Place of publication: Japan
Language: jpn
Number of pages: 18
Subjects: Methodology; Rules; Military art and science; Early works to 1800; War games; History
Other titles: Buk no maki
Description: This is a manuscript on the art of war. It contains 276 paintings which deal with military array, equipment, weapons, etc. The paintings are very refined and each is accompanied with some brief explanations. In the postscript by Minamoto Naokata and his friends, it is mentioned that they borrowed this manuscript from the author and read it in the second (intercalary) lunar month of the sixth Year of Shtoku (1716). Therefore the manuscript must have been written before 1716.
Notes: On double leaves, oriental style.

Little is known about the author. He could either be an officer or very probably a scholar who interested in the art of war, as it was the practice of scholar of that time.

cat o vault CJK 20090202 rlm, esc