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BOOKS WITH ENGLISH TEXTAll books are in new copies and in hard covers unless otherwise stated

157.

JAPANESE SWORDS by Greg Irvine. 8.25"x9.5", decorated boards, 127pp. A general work on swords, illustrated with both colour and b&w plates of well known swords from Japanese collections but rather spoiled by the inclusion of some dubious or unimportant items from the V&A. Museum.

GBP25

158.

IMPORTANT SWORDS FROM THE MUSEUM OF JAPANESE SWORD FITTINGS. Part 1. Christie's Sale Catalogue, 10th November 2004. 118pp stiff paper covers, illustrates 70 fine mostly koto blades including Ichimonji, Yukihira, Senjuin, Tadayoshi and many Bizen blades of the Kamakura and Nambokucho periods (the koshirae are shown in colour) from a collection originally formed by Mr Aoyama Kokichi after the war. A further 6 koshirae are illustrated, with a list of prices.

Temp O/S GBP15

159.

SHINTO BENGI OSHIGATA reprinted by Hawley. 8.5" x11", 163pp. Paper covers. All illustrations. A reprint of a wood-block book published in 1779, all oshigata. Many of the lesser known smiths from about 1550-1779.

GBP29

160.

MINO-TO SWORDS AND SWORD SMITHS OF MINO PROVINCE, by Malcolm E. Cox, 8"x11.5" card covers, 268pp. This book gives good coverage of the many groups working in Mino in both the koto and shinto periods, and many oshigata of tangs & hamon copied from Japanese books, there is much information not previously available in English on this school.There are no kanji in the text but they are listed in a table.A separate supplement containing more information.

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GBP30

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162.

YASUKUNI SWORDS by Kishida. 7.50"x10.25" 168pp with many illustrations, covers the work of the Yasukuni smiths from their foundation in 1933 in great detail together with biographies.

GBP25

163.

JAPANESE SWORDS by Ogasawara. 4"x6" paper covers, 128pp.Illustrations of blades,fittings and sword mount ings on every page, mostly in colour.

GBP9

164.

THE CUTTING EDGE by Victor Harris. 8.75"x11.75", The Catalogue of the October 2004 Exhibition at the British Museum. 160pp with 30 colour and 320 black & white illustrations of 89 sword blades recently polished in Japan, mostly from the Lloyd collection together with 10 extra koshirae. The blades are mainly shinto & shin-shinto with few koto.

GBP25

165.

HIZENTO HANDBOOK (Hizento Hikkei) by Eguchi, 7"x10",316pp of English text explaining Hizen blades of the Tadayoshi school, signatures are shown in detail and there are many illustrations, mostly of nakago.There are genealogies of the various sub-schools and a 175pp illustrated list of Hizen swordsmiths of all periods including gendai-to, an invaluable book for the study of this school.

GBP38

166.

NIHONTO KOZA Volume 2 (Koto part 1) transliteration by Harry Afu Watson, 8.5"x11", 557pp. About a third shows blades and tangs. Covers in depth Yamato, Yamashiro & Soshu, plus Izumi, Settsu, Kawachi, Iga, Ise, Owari, Mikawa, Totomi, Suruga, Wakasa, Echizen, Kaga, Etchu, & Echigo.This set gives in depth coverage of the various schools and contains all the illustrations of the original (not all of good quality) Japanese set.

GBP100

167.

NIHONTO KOZA Volume 3 (Koto part 2) transliteration by Harry Afu Watson, 8.5"x11", 535pp. Covers Omi, Mino, Mutsu, Dewa,Tango, Tajima, Inaba, Hoki, Izumo, Iwami, Harima, Mimasaka, Bitchu, Bingo, Suo, Chikugo, Buzen, Bungo, Hizen, Higo & Satsuma. O/S GBP100

168.

NIHONTO KOZA Volume 4 (Shinto) transliteration by Harry Afu Watson,8.5"x11", 401pp. About a third illustrations of blades and tangs. Covers all schools of the shinto period with emphasis on Kyoto and Edo smiths.

O/S GBP145

169.

NIHONTO KOZA Volume 5 (Shin-shinto) transliteration by Harry Afu Watson, 8.5"x11", 473pp. Mostly illus-trations of blades and tangs, including a 54pp section on false signatures showing them in the greatest detail with genuine for comparison.

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GBP145

170.

NIHONTO KOZA Volume 6 (Kodogu part 1) transliteration by Harry Afu Watson, 8.5" x11", 522pp. This volume covers mainly the tsuba-ko with a section on Goto and illustrates 327 tsuba.The text is by Ogura Soemon and Kuwabara Yojiro.

GBP100

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172.

100 MASTERPIECES FROM THE COMPTON COLLECTION 10.5"x14.5" slipcase, 321pp all plates illustrating 42 blades and 55 sword fittings including mountings. Each blade is covered in 3 full page plates including close-ups of sections of the hamon. The sword fitting plates are in colour with some tsuba shown enlarged to full page. There is also a glossary and full English text with Japanese.

GBP50

173.

MODERN JAPANESE SWORDS & SWORDSMITHS FROM 1868 TO THE PRESENT By Kapp & Yoshihara. 7.5"x10.25". 223pp. The first part of the book covers terminology and the historical background of blades up to 1945, the remainder gives interviews with smiths such as Yoshihara Yoshindo, Gassan Sadatoshi etc. There are 15pp of family trees shown for the Horii, Kasama etc smiths.

GBP30

174,

JAPANESE SWORDS IN DUTCH COLLECTIONS by Han Bing Siong, 8.25"x12", 212pp illustrating 85sword tangs, about half also showing oshigata of the blades plus 23pp of b&w plates of blades and mountings and an 8pp glossary. There is much information and each item has been carefully researched. Unfortunately there are no kanji in the text.

GBP50

175.

THE HARTMAN COLLECTION OF JAPANESE METALWORK Christie's 1976 sale catalogue. 9.5" x12" hard covers, 163pp all plates about half in colour illustrating 402 tsuba, 101 kozuka, 49 fuchi-kashira, 14 swords and much other metalwork, together with an index, glossary and a list of prices realised.

GBP80

176.

JAPANESE ART & HANDICRAFT (The Red Cross Catalogue) by Joly & Tomita.10.5"x13" slip case, 214pp plus 170 plates (8 in colour) illustrating 410 tsuba, 223 kozuka and 110 fuchi-kashira. There are also many prints, paintings, inro and lacquers. From the exhibition of 1916.

GBP60

177.

CASQUES, MASQUES ET ARMURES DES SEIGNEURS DE L'ANCIEN JAPON by Charbonnier. Torii Links, 8.5" x12", 207pp with English & French text. 82 colour plates illustrating 17 armours, 36 helmets & 29 menpo and somen, with an English introduction and brief history on the various armour schools.

GBP55

178.

ENGLISH INDEX TO KANZAN TOKEN KOZA 8"x 11" spiral bound card covers. 55pp index to the smiths covered in #14 on this list, smiths are indexed to both the illustrations and information, an invaluable aid.

GBP12

179.

THE 100 KOZUKA - KOZUKA HYAKKU-SEN (The Claude Thuault Collection).6"x8.5", 267pp illustrating 100 kozuka, 52 in colour showing the obverse and reverse with expanded details in many cases. Full English and Japanese text with an introduction by Ogasawara Nobuo, a glossary and a 20pp question & answer section about the collection.

GBP50

180.

LETHAL ELEGANCE - The Art of Samurai Sword Fittings by Earle, 8.5"x9.25". 256pp with over 250 colour illustrations depicting mainly extremely decorative Bakamatsu and Meiji period sword fittings by artists such as Kano Natsuo, Goto Ichijo, Unno Shomin, Hagiya Katsuhei, Unno Moritoshi etc.

GBP35

181.

MON - THE JAPANESE FAMILY CREST by Hawley & Chappelear, 8. 5"x11" spiral bound card covers, 105pp, shows 163 mon and their variants, over 1400 in all, together with an index of the families that used them.

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GBP22

182.

JAPANESE-ENGLISH CHARACTER DICTIONARY by Nelson. 6.5"x9" slip case, 1611pp. Lists over 7000 characters with their 10,000 odd current readings and over 70,000 compounds in current use, with a revised method of finding the character by means of any radical within it, all with English definitions. An invaluable aid to reading modern Japanese books. Revised edition of 1997.

GBP45

The publisher Torii Links produces fine books on armour with superb colour plates, see also #177

183

CHARBONNIER. Armures Japonaises dans la Collection Jean Saporta. Torii Links, cloth covers, 8.5"x 11.75", 176pp all colour, French and English text, artists’ signatures in kanji. Illustrates kabuto, armours etc, the collection of Jean Saporta is one of the most famous private collections in the West. While some pieces in this collection have been illustrated before,this is the first exclusive publication of the collection.

GBP57

184

BURAWOY. Armures du Japon II, Torii Links, cloth covers, 8.5"x11.75", 144pp all in colour, illustrates 100 pieces selected from the important collection in the Stibbert Museum in Florence, French, English & Japanese text, artists’ signatures in kanji. Illustrates mainly kabuto from the Miochin, Saotome, Haruta, Iwai and other schools plus a few armours and accoutrements. French & English glossary that includes kanji.

GBP57

185

BURAWOY. Armures du Japon 100 pièces sélectionnées dans la Collection Kozu, Torii Links, cloth covers, 8.75"x 14.75", 128pp of which 112 are in colour illustrating 100 pieces, French and English text, artists’ signatures in kanji. The Kozu Foundation armour collection is regarded as one of the most important in Japan, 5 of the armours are classified as Juyo Bunkazai.There is a useful French glossary that includes kanji for each term explained.

GBP75