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This page was last updated: June 26, 2008

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Bizen Ichimonji - Sano Museum Catalogue 8.75"x11.75" cloth bound with  a slip case, 85pp illustrating 52 Ichimonji blades by  photographic plates and  mostly with oshigata as well, 18 koshirae are  also shown in colour. There is  a  brief 2pp English index.    GBP30

Nihonto Kyo No Meisho - Rai-ha No Ryusei Ni Miru 1999 Sano Museum Exhibition catalogue. 8.75" x11.75" paper covers, 129pp illustrating 47 Rai school blades by b&w plates and oshigata, 7pp of Rai signatures, 4pp English index.   O/P     GBP50

MASAMUNE Sano Museum Exhibition  Catalogue 2002, 8.75"x11.5"  paper  covers, 169pp illustrates 59 blades by both b&w plates and superb  oshigata. The book covers the Soshu tradition from Kunitsuna through Masamune to shinto makers like Shinkai and Kiyomaro. There is a brief English index to the plates.  O/P                           GBP50

TSUBA TOSO KINKO Rokusho #34, 2007,  9"x11.5" paper covers, 83pp almost all of which are colour plates illustrating 19th century kinko  tsuba and small  fittings from the Kiyomizu Sannenzaka  Museum, many of the pieces are shown  magnified. The plates are superb and show great detail, there is a detailed English description for each plate. This is a companion volume to #54 on the Japanese page..         GBP32

AKIMOTO. Tsuba Ko - Bushu Ito Ha, 8.5"x12", hard covers, 102pp almost all plates illustrating 214 Ito school  tsuba, many shown both sides and with the signatures enlarged    GBP55