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-DESCRIPTION- Title Bugei Ryha Daijiten Author Kiyoshi Watatani Publication Year 1978
Deluxe Edition,very thick and heavy.Comprehensive Japanese Martial Arts Encyclopedia.
It is well-known that he has published Bugei-ryuha Daijiten.It is most famous book of all his works.It can be said that it is a must-have book if you are interested in Japanese old Martial Arts.
(Please note that this is not Bugei Ryuha Jiten,but Bugei Ryuha Daijiten.)
The Bugei Ryuha Daijiten or "Encyclopedia of Japanese Martial art schools" is a catalog of Koryū Bujutsu (old schools) and Gendai Budō (new schools) of Japanese martial arts. It is composed both of active and inactive schools, chronicled over the lifetimes of the authors Watatani Kiyoshi (Western name order: Kiyoshi Watatani) and Yamada Tadashi (Western name order: Tadashi Yamada). Due to the meticulousness of their cataloging, formatting style and methods used in creating the book it has become the standard academic reference for anyone doing research into the field.
Kiyoshi Watatani Martial arts historian. Co-author of the massive reference work Bugei Ryuha Daijiten (Encyclopedia of Martial Arts Schools). This Japanese-language work, published in 1978, contains a record of most of those persons having received the KYOJU DAIRI from Sokaku TAKEDA and a lineage tracing the arts derived from Daito-ryu aikijujutsu.
Page approx 187 pages,Size approx 18.5*22.5 cm
-Condition- Yellowing,stains,wears and folded line on the cover and pages.But it is in very good condition overall.Please see below photos to confirm the condition of this book.
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