{"product_id":"b175","title":"Ehon Ōnin-ki – Volume 3 (First Series) | Edo Period Japanese Woodblock History Book | 繪本應仁記 初篇 巻之三 - B175","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"1014\" data-end=\"1325\"\u003eThis rare \u003cstrong data-start=\"1024\" data-end=\"1062\"\u003eEdo-period Japanese woodblock book\u003c\/strong\u003e, titled \u003cstrong data-start=\"1071\" data-end=\"1095\"\u003eEhon Ōnin-ki (繪本應仁記)\u003c\/strong\u003e, is \u003cstrong data-start=\"1100\" data-end=\"1141\"\u003eVolume 3 of the First Series (初篇 巻之三)\u003c\/strong\u003e — a historically significant illustrated chronicle of the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1200\" data-end=\"1224\"\u003eŌnin War (1467–1477)\u003c\/strong\u003e, one of the most pivotal conflicts in Japanese history that marked the beginning of the Sengoku era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1327\" data-end=\"1734\"\u003eWritten in classical Japanese and attributed to \u003cstrong data-start=\"1375\" data-end=\"1399\"\u003eTakai Ranzan (高井蘭山翁)\u003c\/strong\u003e, this volume combines \u003cstrong data-start=\"1422\" data-end=\"1452\"\u003edense historical narrative\u003c\/strong\u003e with finely executed \u003cstrong data-start=\"1474\" data-end=\"1501\"\u003ewoodblock illustrations\u003c\/strong\u003e, including dramatic landscape scenes, fortified temples, and samurai encounters. The illustrations are integrated seamlessly with the text, making this work both a historical document and a visual masterpiece of Edo-period printing.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1327\" data-end=\"1734\"\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"354\" data-end=\"385\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"354\" data-end=\"364\"\u003eTitle:\u003c\/strong\u003e 繪本應仁記 (Ehon Ōnin-ki)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"426\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"388\" data-end=\"399\"\u003eSeries:\u003c\/strong\u003e 初篇 (Shohen \/ First Series)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"455\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"429\" data-end=\"440\"\u003eVolume:\u003c\/strong\u003e 巻之三 (Volume 3)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"504\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"458\" data-end=\"469\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/strong\u003e 高井蘭山翁 述 (Takai Ranzan, attributed)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"507\" data-end=\"588\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"507\" data-end=\"518\"\u003ePeriod:\u003c\/strong\u003e Edo period (late 18th – early 19th century, typical for this edition)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"664\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong data-start=\"591\" data-end=\"603\"\u003eSubject:\u003c\/strong\u003e Illustrated historical chronicle of the Ōnin War (1467–1477)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003ch3 data-start=\"1736\" data-end=\"1764\"\u003eHistorical Importance\u003c\/h3\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1765\" data-end=\"2087\"\u003eThe \u003cem data-start=\"1769\" data-end=\"1783\"\u003eEhon Ōnin-ki\u003c\/em\u003e is one of the most important popular histories of medieval Japan, widely read during the Edo period to understand the political collapse of the Ashikaga shogunate. 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