Books on military science held by the Ueda Family, the chief adviser of the Hiroshima domain. This collection mainly consists of documents on Kosho-Ryu (甲州流) military science, and also contains some images on castellation.

Accession date: June 10, 1933
Supplier: Dai-san Syobo (第三書房)

The Ueda Family
The chief advisers of the Hiroshima domain and grand tea masters of Ueda-Souko-ryu　(上田宗箇流). The first Ueda Shigeyasu　(上田重安(宗箇), 1563-1650) served Niwa Nagahide　(丹羽長秀) and Toyotomi Hideyoshi　(豊臣秀吉) as a good worrier, learned tea ceremony from Furuta Oribe　(古田織部) and he was also outstanding as a landscape architect. His talent was handed down to his offspring.　The Ueda family's documents are preserved in Ueda-ryu-wafu-do　(上田流和風堂) and Mihara City Library, Japanese and Chinese old books are collected in Hiroshima City Central Library.

References

• 『幕末維新の芸藩と国老上田家展』Hiroshima City Culture Foundation, 1989
• 政治史・茶道史研究協議会編『上田家文書調査報告書』Hiroshima City Board of Education, 2005