Glossary: Kanhasshuu Kosenroku

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Kanhasshuu Kosenroku (関八州古戦録)

The Records of Ancient Battles of the Eight Kanto Provinces was a 20-volume war chronicle written by Makishima Terutake and finished in 1726. It covers battles from the Battle of Kawagoe Castle in 1546 to the fall of the Later Houjou Clan.

Since the work was mainly compiled 200 years after the battles it describes, it is not thought to be a highly accurate piece of work. But since few documents remain from that era, it is still used as a reference.