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JAPANESE TEXT

AKIMOTO (Ed) Nihonto Taikan Shinto-hen volume 1, 1966, 10"x14.5" slip case, 75pp of text plus 317pp illustrating 158 shinto blades by b&w plates, covers Kyoto, Osaka, Mito, Sendai etc.

GBP400

AKIMOTO (Ed) Nihonto Taikan Shinto-hen volume 1 as above, lacks slip case

GBP360

AKIMOTO (Ed) Nihonto Taikan Shinto-hen volume 2, 1966, 10"x14.5" slip case, 154pp of text plus 337pp illustrating 168 shinto blades by b&w plates, covers Musashi, Echizen, Hizen,Owari, Kaga & Chikuzen.

GBP400

AKIMOTO (Ed) Nihonto Taikan Tsuba, Kodogu-hen, 1972, 10"x14.5" slip case, 210pp of text with illustrations plus 409pp of plates (48 colour) showing 675 pieces of the finest tsuba and small fittings. This volume and the ones above are from the best set of books ever produced on the Japanese sword.

GBP500

HARADA. English Catalogue of Treasures in the Imperial Repository Shosoin, 1932. 7"x10", 192pp plus 80 b&w plates illustrating the various treasures such as lacquer, textiles & gaming boards, only a few weapons are shown. The English text is comprehensive. GBP25

HONMA. Meito Zufu. 1935, 10.5"x14.5", 35pp of text plus 117 full page b&w plates (with tissue interleaving) of sword blades. The photos are of very good quality, particularly so for the period. Binding strained. Rare

GBP400

HONMA. Soshu-den Meisakushu 1975. 15"x23.5" Deluxe Japanese style binding with a cloth covered folder and box.246pp of which 179pp illustrate 89 blades by Kunitsuna, Kunimune, Shintogo Kunimitsu, Sukesane, Kunitsuna, Kunimitsu, O-Kanemitsu, Motoshige, Nobukuni and others as well as those by Masamune and his pupils. Each blade is illustrated both by a b&w photographic plate and oshigata, each blade is shown with correct proportion and tanto are shown life-size, there is a 67pp explanation of the Soshu school that is well illustrated with blades and examples of signatures. This book is a superb production that is hard to find in the west.

GBP400

HONMA. Tsuba Meisakushu Masterpieces of Japanese Sword Guards. 952. 8.5"x 12". 159 separate plates(6 in colour) in a folder illus-trating 256 of the very best iron and kinko tsuba, many of the latter shown both sides, there is English text to the plates plus a 38pp booklet in English explaining each artist or school. This book was reprinted in bound form in 1963 without the English booklet.

GBP250

HONMA & SAITO. Yurakusai Sekibun-ko. 1966. 7.25"x10.25" slip case, 55pp illustrates 36 tsuba plus many small fittings by Sekibun and artists connected to him.

GBP50

IKEDA. Jidai Mitokoro-shu (Early Three Piece Sets of Fittings). 12"x9" deluxe binding with cloth covered box.163pp of which 149 are coloured plates illustrating 99 sets of kogai, kozuka & menuki; almost all made by Goto artists and dated to the late Muromachi & Momoyama periods. These sets however are made up of pieces by different artists and grouped according to design so that differing techniques can be seen.About half the sets are shown greatly enlarged (kozuka to 7.5"). Separate English index to the plates.

GBP140

IIMURA. Shin Shinto Taikan 1979. 8.5"x12", 2 Volumes in slip cases, vol.1 750pp of oshigata of blades & signatures including 76 gendaito; volume II 494pp including 54 plates of koshirae & tsuba (32 in colour), 109 sword plates (24 gendaito), 22 of horimono and 37pp of gimei signatures with genuine for comparison.

GBP450

INAMI. Tsuba, 1969. 6"x8.5", Tsuba from the collection of Dr.W.Fahrenhorst, 170pp almost all plates of tsuba, mostly kinko and some in colour. There is a split in the centre of the book. Scarce as it was not reprinted.

GBP45

INAMI. Token Mokuroku 1971 7"x10" paper covers, b&w plates of 36 blades.

GBP8

Kaga Kinko Taikan NBTHK 1983, 10.5"x14.75" lacks slip case, 81pp of text illustrated with pages from design books plus 101 colour plates of superb tsuba, kozuka, fuchi-kashira, koshirae and some abumi & Meiji period vases all produced in Kaga Province, many are Maeda family treasures.

GBP350

KAJIMA. Osafune Choshi (History of Osafune) 8.5"x12", 2 volumes in a slip case.Volume 1 366pp of which 329pp are photographic illustrations of 129 Bizen blades, each plate usually with several oshigata by the same smith for comparison. Volume 2 363pp illustrates 144 oshigata of nakago plus genealogical tables taken from Edo period reference books and other text information. As new. O/P GBP150

KASAHARA & AKIMOTO Kyo-Goto no Kenkyu (Studies in Kyo-Goto). 7.5"x 10.5" slip case. 334pp nearly all plates (8 in colour). This book covers the 15 branch families (WakiGoto) onlyof the Goto school . There is an 18pp history of the families in English with biographical details of the artists. The illustrations show 194 kozuka & kogai, 36 tsuba, 32 fuchi-kashira and 17 sets of menuki. Each piece is shown front and back and the signatures are enlarged. There are full captions to the plates in English. Stained slip case.

GBP140

KASHIMA. Bushi no Bi 1988 Exhibition catalogue, 8.25"x11.75" paper covers, 95pp including 26pp of plates illustrating 16 swords & 30 tsuba plus 34pp colour plates showing fine Goto and other fittings, some pieces have been in other books.

GBP35

KAWAGUCHI.Tsuba Taikan 1935 Nanjinsha 1st edition, 6"x9", bound in green suede, 414pp text including genealogical tables, 655pp plates (15 in colour) illustrating 655 tsuba, brief English text to the plates, There is a 3" split in the leather at the spine. GBP300

KOKUBO & OTHERS. Sukashi Tsuba (Openwork Sword Guards) 1968 1st ed. 6"x8.5",257pp with plates illustrating 199 mostly iron tsuba covering Akasaka, Higo, Choshu, Bushu and other schools. Separate English index to the plates.

GBP40

KOKUBO. Kinko Tsuba, 1969 first edition, 6"x8.5", 243pp of which 211pp are plates illustrating fine kinko tsuba.

GB45

Koshaku Shimazu Iekura Hinnin Satsu Mokuroku Goods from the Treasury of Prince Shimazu (Sword catalogue). This is the famous Satsuma Auction Catalogue of 1928, Japanese binding with paper covers, 92pp all plates (many double) of blades, koshirae and fittings. Inked in translations of signatures and prices in GBP. Some wear. Rare.

GBP90

Kotoki no Meito Kara Osaka Shinto Made 1983. 9"x11.75" soft covers, 76pp of which 59pp are full page plates illustrating 57 sword blades and 1 yari, the blades are mostly shinto. This is an Osaka City Museum Exhibition Catalogue.

GBP35

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

Meibutsu Nihonto-ten 1968 Exhibition catalogue,8.25"x11.75" paper covers,122pp with 64pp of plates illustrating fine blades. GBP25

Meito-chu no Meito-ten 1972 Exhibition catalogue,7.25"x10" paper covers, 117pp showing 51 plates of fine blades,slight wear. GBP25

MIYAMOTO. Tsuba Raisan (Adoration of Tsuba) 1994. 6"x8.25" paper covers, 78pp illustrating 50 good tsuba, mostly iron. GBP20

Mogusa to-ten, 7"x10" soft covers 1993, 85pp covering the early Mogusa smiths of northwest Japan with b&w plates of 15 blades, oshigata of 27 blades plus 3 armours.

GBP30

NAKAMURA. Tsuba Shusei.1963, 10"x14.5" slip case, 520pp almost all plates illustrating over 2300 tsuba, mostly iron, about 15% are kinko. The book covers all the major iron schools but many of the attribution are very strange. Very much a mixed bag with superb examples next to quite ordinary ones.

GBP500

Nihon no Bijutsu #9 Tosogu, 1971. 7.25"x9" paper covers, 104pp, illustrations of sword fittings on nearly every page, the first 12pp in colour.

GBP25

Nihonto Meito-ten 1967 Exhibition catalogue, 12"x8.5" paper covers,110pp including 69pp illustrating fine swords, slight wear. GBP25

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

Nihonto no Rekishi-ten 1970 Exhibition catalogue,7"x10" paper covers,46pp mostly illustrations of blades.

GBP15

ONO. Gendai Toko Kinko Shokukata Soran 1977. 6"x8.5" flexible covers, 247pp with 51pp b&w plates illustrating 79 modern swords (not wartime). The book list modern swordsmiths (including wartime sniths that were still working in 1977) and metalworkers.

GBP60

'REI' Token Shibata's monthly magazine selling swords, fittings etc, together with articles on the same. Each issue has at least 30 pages, so each year has at least 360pp. The 12 issues are each in a binder.

1989

GBP25

1992

GBP25

1990

GBP25

1993

GBP25

1991

GBP25

1994

GBP25

SASAMA. Nihon no Meito (Kabuto) 3 volumes, 7.5"x10.5" slip cases, 1972. A total of 1039pp of which around 460pp are plates each illustrating a helmet (31 in colour), there are further illustrations in the text.

volume 1: 335pp covers early helmets

volume 2: 350pp curious and unusual helmets

volume 3: 354pp covers later helmets.

GBP275

SASANO. Tosogu no Kigen (The Origins of Sword Fittings) 7.5"x10.5" slip case, 257pp. Shows the evolution of fittings and uchigatana from the Kamakura to the Momoyama period, shows about 20 early koshirae and 110 tsuba & kodogu. good information in the comprehensive English translation for the plates.

GBP100

SATO. Edo Shinto Meisakushu NBTHK 1969. 9"x12" slip case, 53pp text and 165pp of plates illustrating 165 oshigata of blades by Edo shinto smiths.

GBP100

The two volumes below are from the most comprehensive set of books on sword fittings ever published. The books were sold separately when published and are therefore fairly easily found to make up the set of eight volumes.

SATO & WAKAYAMA. Toso Kodogu Koza. 1973. Volume 3 Edo Kinko #1, 7.5"x10.5" slip case, 292pp plus 60pp plates (20 in colour) with many illustrations in the text, covers the Yokoya, Yanagawa, Ishiguro,Omori, Tanaka plus some minor schools.

GBP90

SATO & WAKAYAMA. Toso Kodogu Koza.1973. V olume 4 Edo Kinko #2,7.5"x10.5" slip case, 309pp plus 60pp plates (20 in colour) with many illustrations in the text, covers the Yoshioka, Hirata, Nara, Hamano and Ito plus some minor schools.

GBP90

SHIBATA. Shin-shinto Nyumon 1969, 6"x8.5", 239pp of which 175pp are plates of shin-shinto blades. First edition with the large pull-out timeline that was omitted from later editions.

GBP45

SHIBATA. Ju-ken 1967, 7.5"x10.5" slip case.130pp all oshigata of koto blades & tangs.

GBP50

SHIBATA. Tsuba Nyumon 1968.5.5"x7.5", 142 tsuba illustrated by plates, worn copy.

GBP25

SHIBATA. Tsuba Nyumon 1967 signed copy.

GBP30

SHIBATA. Nihonto Nyumon 1962 5.5"x7.5". General book on swords with oshigata.

GBP30

SHIBATA. Token Kantei no Kiso Chishiki 1973. 7.5"x10.25" slip case, 280pp, a book on sword judgement with many illustrations of hamon, tangs etc in the text.

GBP45

SHIBATA. Aigan Meihinshu 1961. 7.5"x10.25" slip case. 86pp of which 46pp are plates illustrating 43 tsuba plus many kogai and other small fittings, some artists names have been inked in.

GBP50

SHIMADA. Goto-ke Jushichi-dai (17 Generations of the Goto Family) 1973. 8.5"x122 slip case, 235pp text with many drawings, photographs, tables etc plus 190pp of plates (39 in colour) showing mainly kogai, kozuka & menuki by the 17 main line Goto masters. The branch families are not covered. This is not the same as the Sano Museum catalogue of the same title.

GBP200

Shonai Kinko Meisakushu 1966 8.5"x11.5 A slip case, 58pp of text plus 241pp plates (10 in colour) illustrating 310 pieces, mostly tsuba, many showing both sides but including some small fittings & koshirae. Covers Yasuchika,Sekibun,Washida and other schools. GBP150

Shosoin No Token (Swords Preserved in the Shosoin Repository) 1974. Edited by the Shosoin Office. 10"x14" slip case, 250pp with plates on 132pp, the result of the first scientific and artistic research of all 55 swords, 38 polearms, 87 daggers and knives produced in the 8th century, with numerous metallurgical microphotographs. Detailed description and summary in English, plus a supplementary 65pp soft covered volume of oshigata.

GBP250

Tetsu No Geijutsu Kinsei No Meito Atsuta Shrine 1978. 7"x10" soft covers, 80pp with b&w plates of 33 Edo period blades and oshigata of 20 blades.

GBP22

TORIGOE. Tsuba Geijutsu-ko, 1960. 2 volumes 8.5"x11.5" slip case. Volume 1 144pp of text, volume 2 111pp all plates illustrating 164 tsuba, mostly from the iron schools. The book 'An Aesthetic Study of Tsuba' is a transliteration of this book.

GBP275

WAKAYAMA. Toso Kinko Kantei Hikkei 1989, 5.5"x7.5" slip case,288pp. A general book on fittings showing 107 tsuba and many small fittings.

GBP30

WAKAYAMA. Kinko Jiten.1970. 6"x8.5" slip case, 661pp List of fittings makers. Lacks slip case.

GBP30

Watanabe Seiichiro-shi Kizo Token Zuroku 1992 Tokyo National Museum Catalogue,8.25"x11.75" paper covers,40pp including 30pp plates illustrating 13 blades by photo and oshigata all Juyo Bunkazai or Kokuho presented to the museum.

GBP25

ENGLISH & EUROPEAN TEXT

Armes Japonaises 1997 selling catalogue from the Galerie Robert Burawoy. 8.5"x12", no.114 of 300 copies, 80pp almost all illustrations of swords, armour and sword fittings.

GBP60

BOTTOMLEY. Japanese Armor the Galeno Collection. 8.5"x 11.5",decorated cloth covers, 211pp mostly colour plates illustrating 21 armours, 42 helmets & jingasa, 22 masks and 28 other accoutrements from the Galeno Collection, with an authoritative text on each piece and a glossary, the signatures are also shown in kanji. Signed by William Galeno.

O/P

GBP50

BOYLE. Catalogue Tsuba and Kozuka Collection of R.C. & H.C. Boyle. undated but post 1916, 12"x10" hard covers with gilt titles, 107pp of typescript with penned additions describing 271 items plus 8 tipped in plates illustrating 48 tsuba. The size and layout of the text is similar to that of the Naunton & Hawkshaw catalogues and clearly suggests that this u nique volume was intended for publication at some stage.

GBP400

CHRISTIE'S. Japanese Swords & Sword Fittings from the Collection of Dr Walter A Compton. Christie's Auction Sale Catalogues Parts 1, 2 & 3. 1st March 1992, 22nd October 1992 & 17th December 1992. 8.25"x11.75 " HARD BOUND. Part 1: 441pp; Part2: 235pp; Part 3: 122pp listing and mostly illustrating a total of 971 lots of superb swords, tsuba & fittings, many in colour. The original wrappers have been used as dust jackets.

GBP400

CHRISTIE'S. Japanese Swords & Sword Fittings from the Collection of Dr Walter A Compton. Christie's Auction Sale Catalogues Part 1, 1st March 1992, 8.25"x11.75 ", 441pp listing and mostly illustrating xxx lots superb swords, tsuba & fittings, many in colour. With prices. As usual the metal rivet has given way and the catalogue is cracked.

GBP120

CHRISTIE'S Russell C.Veit Collection of Japanese Sword Guards Catalogue 21.3.84. 8"x10" stiff paper covers, 72pp, illustrates 181 fine mostly iron tsuba of which 46 are in colour, with a list of prices realized.

GBP30

CHURCH. Japanese Sword Guards Some Tsuba in the Collection of Sir Arthur H Church. 1914 First Edition. 10.25"x13", green cloth with bevelled edges, #48 of 100 copies printed. 80pp plus 40 plates with tissue interleaving illustrating 272 tsuba by collotype plates. This edition is seldom on the market.

GBP750

CHURCH. Japanese Sword Guards Some Tsuba in the Collection of Sir Arthur H Church. 1971 reprint. 10.25"x13"slip case,168pp 80pp plus 40 plates illustrating 272 tsuba.

GBP120

Collection Francois Poncetton Gardes de Sabres, the Hotel Druot sale catalogue of 9th June 1929. 10"x11.75" plain paper covers (not original), 74pp plus 24 plates illustrating 124 tsuba, 15 kozuka, 4 helmet bowls and other metalwork.

GBP80

Flowers of the Chisel - Malcolm Fairley 1997 selling catalogue, 8.25"x11.5" paper covers, 64pp illustrating in colour 36 pieces of fine metalwork of the Meiji/Taisho periods, mostly boxes, vases and okimono. Some items are by makers of sword fittings.

GBP15

GEMMELL. Tosogu Treasure of the Samurai 1991. 8.5"x12". A selling catalogue, 151pp illustrating mostly in colour 61 tsuba,11 kozuka,6 futokoromono and other fittings, the pieces are shown larger than life, many showing both sides.

GBP50

GEMMELL. Masterpieces From The R.B.Caldwell Collection 1994. 8.5"x12", selling catalogue illustrates 142 high quality pieces in colour on 90 full page plates.

GBP60

GEMMELL. The Henry D. Rosin Collection of Japanese Sword Fittings, Syz 1993. 8.5"x12",135pp illustrating in colour 46 tsuba and 46 small fittings plus a glossary and bibliography.

GBP50

GUNSAULUS. Japanese Sword Mounts in the Collection of the Field Museum 1923 first edition, 6.5"x9.75", paper cover (damaged and mended with sellotape) 195pp plus 61pp of plates illustrating 138 tsuba (some showing both sides, and some small fittings, covers all the major schools. Generally in a poor state.

GBP45

GUNSAULUS. Japanese Sword Mounts in the Collection of the Field Museum. 1968 reprint, 6.5"x9.75", 195pp plus 61pp of plates illustrating 138 tsuba (some showing both sides, and some small fittings, covers all the major schools, cloth bound with the original paper covers. near mint condition.

GBP60

Halberstadt Coll. Jap. Svaerdprydelser. 1953. 6.75"x9.25" paper covers, 37 tsuba shown.

GBP10

HAYNES Catalogue #7, 25.9.1983. 8"x10" soft covers, 278 pages, 351 lots of mostly tsuba and fittings, all the lots are illustrated, some in colour. There is a 12 page chapter from Tsuba Geijutsuko by Dr Torigoe on Kaneie and Nobuie tsuba.

GBP45

HUISH. Japanese Kozuka and Kogai an Illustrated Descriptive Catalogue of the Hawkshaw Collection, The Fine Art Society 1911. 5.5"x8.5" hard covers, 139pp plus 12 b&w plates with tissue interleaving) illustrating 118 kozuka. This is the sale catalogue for this section of the Hawkshaw collection, the prices are lightly inked in. Sold together with a small paper bound unillustrated abridged catalogue of the same sale. Rare.

GBP130

HUISH. Another copy, there are inked notations on each plate and on the front flyleaf. Rare.

GBP110

INAMI. Nipponto The Japanese Sword 1972 reprint,7.25"x10.5", 222pp, classic book on blades and mountings, many (somewhat dark) illustrations .

GBP75

JOLY. Japanese Sword Fittings The Naunton Collection. 1983 reprint 10"x12" 246pp plus 88 plates illustrating 1300 items, this book is still a major resource when studying tsuba and is packed full of information.

GBP130

JOLY. W.L.Behrens Collection Part III Sword Fittings 1966. 10"x12.5", 125pp plus 83 plates illustrating 516 tsuba, 198 kozuka and other metalwork.

GBP100

JOLY. Seymour Trower Catalogue of Japanese Art 1975. 9.75"x12.5" slip case, 128pp plus 34 plates with interleavings illustrates 71 tsuba, 63 kozuka, 76 fuchikashira, some swords and much lacquer plus other metalwork.

GBP70

JOLY. Shosankenshu Joly's List of Names & Kakihan. 1963, 7.5"x10", 262pp with alternate pages blank for additions by the reader, the book lists around 2950 sword fittings makers and their kakihan or seal.

GBP35

Miniatyrhantverkets Mastare 1980.5.75"x8.25"paper covers,Stockholm Exhibition Catalogue,38 tsuba and some small fittings illustrated.Swedish language.

GBP15

OGASAWARA. Nippon Tosogu Shusei Sword Guards and Fittings from Japan, The Collection of the Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, 1983, 2 volumes, cloth, in a deluxe cloth covered box, 12"x16.5". Vol.1: 269 pp. with colour plates on 12pp. and halftone plates on 194 pp. illustrates 704 tsuba and 2 kozuka. Vol.2: 303 pp. with colour plates on 46 pp. and halftone plates on 203 pp. illustrates 839 tsuba & small fittings. Text in English & Japanese, detailed explanation & summary on 27pp , caption for every plate. Limited to 1200 copies. Out of print. Complete set with 2 vols.

GBP525

OGAWA & OTHERS. Japanese Master Swordsmiths The Gassan Tradition Boston Museum Catalogue 1989. 8"x11.5" soft covers, 85pp, illustrates 10 Gassan blades from the 14th20th century, other blades shown in the text, much information on the Gassan school including Gassan Sadakatsu.

GBP36

OGAWA. Japanese Swords & Sword Furniture In the Museum of Fine Arts Boston. 10"x14.2 volumes, Vol.1 422pp with a 30pp introduction, the remainder comprising of plates 95 illustrating 73 blades (b&w) and