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The front page from an account of the wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans. It was printed with a Japanese translation of Aesop's Fables and a collection of moral maxims. The Japanese was transcribed into the Roman alphabet, and this is the only surviving copy of this book. Feiqe Monogatari ('Tale Of The Heike'). Amakusa, 1592-1593. Source: Or.59.aa.1, frontispiece. Language: Japanese.
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The front page from an account of the wars between the Taira and Minamoto clans. It was printed with a Japanese translation of Aesop's Fables and a collection of moral maxims. The Japanese was transcribed into the Roman alphabet, and this is the only surviving copy of this book. Feiqe Monogatari ('Tale Of The Heike'). Amakusa, 1592-1593. Source: Or.59.aa.1, frontispiece. Language: Japanese.
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Album / British Library
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3862 x 6740 px | 74.5 MB
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32.7 x 57.1 cm | 12.9 x 22.5 in (300 dpi)
Keywords:
16 16TH XVI XVITH SIXTEENTH CENTURY • 16 CENTURY • 16TH CENTURY • 16TH • ANIMAL: LION • BIG CAT • CARGO • CARTS • CHARIOT • FELINAE • FELINE • JESUIT ORDER • JESUIT • JESUITAS • JESUITS • LEO • LEON • LION • LIONESS • LIONS • MAMMAL • MONKS, JESUIT • ORDER, JESUIT • QUADRIGA • RELIGIOUS GROUP • RELIGIOUS ORDER • RELIGIOUS ORDERS • TEXT • TRANSPORT • TRANSPORT. • TRANSPORTATION • TRANSPORTS • WRITTEN LANGUAGE • XVI CENTURY
