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A collection of three Japanese Army manuals from World War Two. This book contains a reprint and translation of the following manuals: How to Fight With a Bamboo Spear (October 1943)Building Fortifications (April 1945)National Resistance Manual (April 1945)In addition, a translation of a hand to hand combat article from Weekly Photo Report Magazine from July 1945, which shows how to fight with sword, spear and barehanded. This was the final issue of the magazine as the publishing house was incinerate by allied bombing.These pamphlets were distributed all over Japan in the last year of WW2

A double Edo Manga issue.Two stories by the popular Manga Artist Santo Kyoden and published in 1789. The first is The Girl Who Became a Taoist Immortal. It is a humorous and sarcastic story dealing with romance and heartbreak during a gathering of Taoist Immortals. The second is Lord Fudo of Three River Island, Edo. It imagines the Buddhist deity Fudo, Lord of Light, living as an "average guy" in Edo city. He is struggling to make ends meet and to find love.These early Manga were popular with common people and members of the Samurai class during the 18th and 19th centuries.