Tuesday, July 28, 2009

Jujutsu Gokuhi Shinden

TITLE Jujutsu Gokuhi Shinden
Author Tokinosuke Hisamatsu
Publication year 1903(Meiji 36,106 years ago!)
It seems that this book is based on Sekiguchi-ryu Jujutsu,which is exsisting Jujutsu School.
It is said that Sekiguchi-ryu was founded by Jushin Sekiguchi in Edo period.Jushin Sekiguchi went on a nationwide tour and taught Jujutsu."Jujutsu and his name has become well known to many people.

This is an extremely rare,vintage Jujutsu book,which has a illustration "on every page"."Gokuhi" means "Strictly confidential"It is a step-by-step instructional illustrated book.It introduces 23 Kata of Jujutsu w/ilustrations.It is a great ref material if you are interested in Jujutsu.

It is well-known that Judo is originally derived from Jujutsu.So it is a great collection if you are interested not only in Judo but also in Jujutsu.
This book is included in Seiko Fujita Bunko Mokuroku for your information.