Gunpo Jiyoshu 12 Volume Set dated 1664 - Volumes 6 - 8 Shinobi Ninja Samurai

Description

Up for auction is an
EXTREMELY RARE
dated 1664 version of Gunpo Jiyoshu (The Collected Way of the Samurai Military Arts).
This is an original Japanese Era (Kanbun 4) 12 Volume book set covering many many points of Japanese warfare and filled with hundreds of drawings.
Among these original period twelve books are 3 books (Volumes 6 through 8) that are dedicated to the way of the Ninja.
Though often overlooked, these three books are full of little-known shinobi techniques and reveal how the shinobi were used by their commanders, providing an otherwise rarely seen view of the ninja.
In addition to the three shinobi volumes, the Gunpo Jiyoshu makes other references and comments regarding the shinobi.
The Gunpo Jiyoshu was originally named Shiyoshu (meaning “personal collection”) and was intended for personal study.
However, Tokugawa Ieyasu, the military genius and the first shogun to unify Japan, caught word of this manuscript and procured a copy. He was so impressed with it that he told the author, Ogasawara Saku’un Katsuzo, to change its name to Gunpo Jiyoshu (The Collected Way of the Samurai Military Arts), because he thought it should be essential reading for every samurai in the land.
Ogasawara Saku’un Katsuzo was a strategist of the Ogasawara school of military strategy and the author of several other works, including the Toryu Gunpo Kosha no Sho and the Shoke no Hyojo, which, when combined with the Gunpo Jiyoshu, can arguably be considered a trilogy because of their connect content. The 12 volumes of the Gunpo Jiyoshu include the essence of his school—a school whose teachings originally consisted of five hundred and fifty volumes by Minamoto no Yoritomo (the founder of the Kamakura shogunate) on the way to govern a country. Coupled with these documents, he included statements by the most significant warriors of all time.
The author was a samurai of the Sengoku period. He himself claims to have obtained this knowledge from writings by a ninja of the Hattori line called Hattori Jibuemon Ujinobu, who is recorded to be involved with the Yoshitsune school, the supposed lineage of the war master Yoshitsune. This means that the information in this volume is the closest we will ever get to understanding the ninja at the height of their power. It shows us a true record of the real arts of the shinobi.
The Gunpo Jiyoshu consists of the following 12 books:
Book 1: Questions and answers among brave heroes
Books 2 through 4: Preparation to battles and also how Shinobi are important
Book 5: Weapon and tool collection
Books 6 through 8: Shinobi and Ninja
Books 9 through 10: Layout and direction article (how to use space in the battle)
Book 11: Secret of using space to layout
Book 12: About “ki” (Qi)
This original Japanese set was written in March 1664, see the last picture for the date.
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