握拳|Nigiri kobushi|Fist as Perch for Hawks | KU Libraries Digital Collections

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Title: Fist as Perch for Hawks
Nigirikobushi
握拳
Nigiri kobushi
Date: [1687]
Location: Japan
Description: “Nigirikobushi” literally means a clenched fist, which is most likely referring to the fist of a falconer who is holding onto their falcon. This book consists of 24 chapters of text which explains falcons in Japan and China, color of falcons, types of falcons, famous stories related to hawks, illness and treatments, etc. Includes illustrations of many birds attached/perched on poles/trees/etc. Falcons as well as birds related to falcons, such as parakeets are also mentioned.
Note: See the KU Libraries catalog record for additional publication details.
Extent: 1 volume (31 leaves) : illustrations ; 26 cm
Subject: Falconry
Manuscripts, Japanese
Birds--Illustrated works
Animals in art
URI: https://digital.lib.ku.edu/ku-speccoll/3
Call number: D470
OCLC number: on1420801588
KU catalog record: https://kuprimo.hosted.exlibrisgroup.com/permalink/f/p24p46/KU_VOYAGER10...
Rights statement: This work is free of known copyright restrictions.
Rights URI: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/

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