Bugei Ryuha Daijiten Encyclopedia of Japanese Martial Arts Schools 1969

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Up for auction is a
RARE
Japanese hardcover book with slipcase entitled Bugei Ryuha Daijiten (Encyclopedia of Japanese Martial Arts Schools).
The authors of the book are Watatani Kiyoshi (1903-1983) and Yamada Tadashi (1923).
Watatani Kiyoshi was born in Wakayama City. A descendant of a gunnery instructor (Yoshikawa-ryu hojutsu) of the Kishu domain, his father was a minister. After his father's death, he was sent to live with relatives, first in Awajijima and then in Kobe, where he was adopted by the Watatani family. He graduated from Waseda University and was a member of the the Bungeika Kyokai. He has written and edited more than forty books in a variety of fields, including history, historical novels, interpreting, geography of Edo, research methods, as well as twenty-five books on the history of martial arts and traditions.
Yamada Tadashi was born in Aichi Prefecture in Taisho 12 (1923). He became interested in the history of martial arts while he was a student at Tsushima High School. On graduating from a teacher training course at Nagoya Higher Industrial Arts School, he was a teacher at many schools in the area. He began working at a local school for the blind after losing the sight of both eyes.
This book is a "must own" for any serious budo student of the Koryu arts.
The book is dated December 1969 and this is the first printing of this big massive book at 825 pages.
As you can see the slipcase is not in the greatest shape but the book is in excellent condition.
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The book and slipcase can be shipped worldwide but it is heavy.
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