[JAPANESE FALCONRY]. A group of works about falconry, in Japanese, comprising:

箸鷹和歌文字抄 Hashi taka waka moji shō [Hawking Techniques Described in Waka Poetry]. N.p., Tensho 12 (1584). - SAIONJI Kintsune (西園寺公経, 1171-1244). 西園寺殿鷹百首 Saionjidono Taka hyakushu [100 Poems on Falconry by Lord Saionji Kintsune]. N.p., Kan'ei 13 (1636). - MASAKI Michitaka (正木通尭). 漫詠鷹百首 Manei Taka Hyakushu [100 Unrestrained Poems on Falconry]. 江戸書林 Edo Shōrin [Edo Bookstore], n.d., ca 1840s. - And 10 others. Together, 13 works in 13 volumes, 4to, all stab-sewn with paper covers and paper labels, good condition (minor worming).

Provenance: Shinobazu Bunko (不忍文庫, 4 volumes bear seals); Awakuni Bunko (阿波國文庫 , seals on all volumes); four books Shinobazu.

The Awakuni Bunko (Awa Province Book Collection) in the now dissolved Awa Province in modern-day Tokushima Prefecture on Shikoku was a collection formed mainly by the Hachisuka family (蜂須賀家), especially 10th Daimyo Shigeyoshi (蜂須賀重喜, 1738-1807) and 13th Daimyo Narihiro (蜂須賀斉裕, 1821-1868), as well as contributions from Shibano Ritsuzan (柴野栗山, 1736-1807), and Yashiro Hirokata (屋代弘賢, 1758-1841). The library is estimated to have consisted of 50,000-60,000 books when complete. 30,000 books were transferred to the Tokushima Prefectural Mistukei Library in March 1912, however, most were destroyed during World War II.