The Tokyo University Historiographical Institute's 'Kaō Kagami' series, published since 1964, arranges images of historical figures' kaō (personal signature marks) in order of date of death and currently comprises 8 volumes covering people from the Heian period to the Nanboku-cho period.
Sources
- 古文書・古記録を読むには | リサーチ・ナビ | 国立国会図書館 (ndlsearch.ndl.go.jp)
- https://www.hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp/publication/kao/ (hi.u-tokyo.ac.jp)
- https://ci.nii.ac.jp/ncid/BN00174969 (ci.nii.ac.jp)
- http://www.yoshikawa-k.co.jp/book/b61594.html (yoshikawa-k.co.jp)
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