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ANONYMOUS: The Tale of Hogen and The Tale of Heiji ( Hogen Heiji monogatari ); no colophon, no date [circa Genroku era (1688-1704)], fukurotoji-bon , 12 vols. (23.5 x 17.2 cm. each), manuscript, written in ink on gold-decorated paper with illustrations painted in ink, color, gold and gold leaf on paper, in brocade wrappers with gold leafed end papers, title slip in ink on gold-decorated paper, four volumes lightly stained, otherwise very good condition Contents: Hogen monogatari , Vol. I, 37 leaves, unnumbered, single page table of contents, text ten columns per page with 2 double page illustrations and 5 single page illustrations; Vol. II, 35 leaves, unnumbered, 2 pages table of contents, text ten columns per page with 2 single page illustrations and 3 double page illustrations; Vol. III, 46 leaves, unnumbered, 1 page table of contents, text ten columns per page with 4 single page illustrations and 2 double page illustrations; Vol. IV, 46 leaves, unnumbered, 2 page table of contents, text ten columns per page with 6 single page illustrations and 1 double page illustration; Vol. V., 38 leaves, unnumbered, 1 page table of contents, text ten columns per page with 4 single page illustrations and 2 double page illustrations; Vol. VI, 40 leaves, unnumbered, 1 page table of contents, text ten columns per page with 4 single page illustrations and 2 double page illustrations Heiji monogatari , Vol. I, 44 leaves, unnumbered, 2 page table of contents, text ten columns per page with 6 single page illustrations and 2 double page illustrations; Vol. II, 38 leaves, unnumbered, 1 page table of contents, text ten columns per page with 4 single page illustrations and 2 double page illustrations, Vol. III, 52 leaves, unnumbered, 1 page table of contents, text ten columns per page with 6 single page illustrations and 2 double page illustrations; Vol. IV, 35 leaves, unnumbered, 1 page table of contents, text ten columns per page with 5 single page illustrations and 1 double page illustration; Vol. V, 40 leaves, unnumbered, 2 page table of contents, text ten columns per page with 4 single page illustrations and 2 double page illustrations; Vol. VI, 48 leaves, unnumbered, 1 page table of contents, text ten columns per page with 4 single page illustrations and 2 double page illustrations (12)