Searching for a book...

[tommysella]

Hi all!

I don't know if this is the right place for this thread but I guess most people read this thread.

I'm looking for the name of a japanese book. It's showing the scrolls of different koryu and than the text in more readable japanese then the handwriting in the scrolls...

Regards,
Tommy Selggren

[Vile]

I think there are several books with old makimono and clearer transcripts of the handwriting. One rather extensive is the "Nihon Budô Taikei" which has 10 volumes.

I think that it's been quite a while since it's been on print, but with luck you can find at least some of the volumes from second hand bookstores. I saw maybe three volumes (and bought the first volume) when I stayed in Japan in 2003-2004 when browsing books at the second hand shops at Book Kanda in Tokyo.

Hope this helps!