{"product_id":"b176","title":"Ehon Ōnin-ki – Volume 4 (First Series) | Edo Period Japanese Woodblock History Book | 繪本應仁記 初篇 巻之四- B176","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"921\" data-end=\"1217\"\u003eThis authentic \u003cstrong data-start=\"936\" data-end=\"974\"\u003eEdo-period Japanese woodblock book\u003c\/strong\u003e is \u003cstrong data-start=\"978\" data-end=\"1010\"\u003eVolume 4 of the First Series\u003c\/strong\u003e of \u003cem data-start=\"1014\" data-end=\"1036\"\u003eEhon Ōnin-ki (繪本應仁記)\u003c\/em\u003e, an illustrated historical chronicle depicting the \u003cstrong data-start=\"1088\" data-end=\"1112\"\u003eŌnin War (1467–1477)\u003c\/strong\u003e — the conflict that triggered the collapse of the Ashikaga shogunate and ushered in Japan’s Sengoku era.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"1219\" data-end=\"1597\"\u003ePrinted using traditional \u003cstrong data-start=\"1245\" data-end=\"1269\"\u003ewoodblock techniques\u003c\/strong\u003e and written in \u003cstrong data-start=\"1285\" data-end=\"1307\"\u003eclassical Japanese\u003c\/strong\u003e, this volume continues the narrative with detailed military episodes, political intrigue, and regional power struggles. 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