Chinjyou-zukishu. With Kohyakujou-zu. With Ushikubo Kageharu

1769. JAPANESE MILITARY MANUSCRIPTS. Ushikubo Kageharu Castle Map. By Ushikubo Kageharu, reworked by Yoshida Gizaemon. 2 ff, and folded map. 27 x 20 cm (folded), with a foldout 27 x 600 cm, wrappers, housed in a new chitsu case. ca. 1769-1777. AND Kohyakujou-zu. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout in black and white. 28 x 40 cm, stab bound in wrappers. AND Chinjyou-zukishu. Unpaginated, illustrated throughout in colour. 27 x 19.5 cm, stab bound in wrappers. N.p.; n.d. An extraordinary group of detailed eighteenth century maps and plans depicting castles, and related Paraphernalia". Ushikubo Kageharu Castle Map shows the layout of a castle and an attack route. Kohyakujou-zu 100 diagrams of an unknown castle. Oblong binding has been folded in half. Chinjyou-zukishu contains information on battle maps and castle secrets from the Warring States Period, as well as flags, banners, and horse banners used in battle. Contains two intact volvelles.