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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. Lacks slip case.            GBP350

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

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

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 & SAITO. Yurakusai Sekibun-ko. 1966. 7.25"x10.25" slip case, 55pp illustrates 36 tsuba plus many small fittings by the famous Shonai artist Yurakusai 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.Vol.1: 366pp of which  329pp are photographic  illustrations  of  129 Bizen  blades, each plate usually with several  other oshigata  of the same smith's work for comparison. Vol. 2: 363pp  illustrates 144  oshigata of  nakago plus genealogical tables taken from  Edo period reference books and other text information.      GBP250

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) only of  the Goto school . There is an 18pp history of the families in English with bio-graphical 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

KOKUBO. Kinko Tsuba, 1969 first edition, 6"x8.5", 243pp of which 211pp are plates illustrating fine kinko tsuba.             GB50

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

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 but invaluable for identifying the various schools.    GBP500

Nihon no Bijutsu #64 Tosogu. 1971, 7.25"x9" paper covers,104pp, illustrations of swordfittings on nearly every page, the first 12pp in colour.     GBP30

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

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

 

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

SHIBATA. Shumi no Nihonto. 2002, 7.25"x10" paper covers, 361pp plus 16pp colour plates of  tsuba. A general work on  swords and the sword world with 102pp of oshigata of tangs with hamon plus many other illustrations of hamon, jihada, polishing, tameshigiri etc.   GBP35

SHIBATA. Ju-ken 1967, 7.5"x10.5" slip case.130pp all oshigata of koto blades & tangs, with a 4pp list of the smiths in English.     GBP60

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 of  which 173pp are a pictorial quiz on blade judgement,

showing  the blade on one page and the nakago and maker overleaf. There are illustrations of horimono, bonji  etc  . SOLD   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

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.    SOLD   GBP250

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

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     

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  unique volume was intended for publication at some stage.          GBP400

CHRISTIE'S Lundgren Collection of Japanese Metalwork, 8.5"x12" paper bound, 121pp. Sale Catalogue of 1997. 49pp of colour and 3pp b&w plates illustrating 173 tsuba, 59 kozuka, 93 fuchi-kashira, 15 mounted  swords and other metalwork including  superb examples of Miochin  animals. Some  of  the  attributions to  unsigned  pieces in the original Japanese catalogue of 1992 have been changed.With prices realised.                  GBP35

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

CHRISTIE'S  Arts of the Samurai - Christie's New  York  sale  catalogue 23.10.09, 8.5"x10.5", 66pp  stiff  paper covers, illustrates  in colour 70 lots of swords, fittings & armour plus 17 lots of associated items. With a list of priced realized.     GBP12

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

FULLER & GREGORY. Military  Swords  of Japan 1868-1945, 1997  reprint, soft covers. 7.5"x 10", 127pp. Illustrates Army, Navy, Air Force & Civil swords, Arsenal  marks, sword belts & hangers on nearly every page.         SOLD     GBP40

FULLER & GREGORY. Japanese Military & Civil  Swords and  Dirks, 7.75"x10", with 340 photographic  plates and  75 drawn  illus-trations on  288pp. Comprehensive  coverage  of  military  and civil  (meaning Police,Diplomatic etc.)  sword  mountings  from 1871-1945. Much  information on  the various  types and  variations, and  on  arsenal  stamps, sword  belts etc, also  covers  swords worn  in  Formosa, Manchuria, Korea and elsewhwere. There is very little on blades. GBP225

  

GEMMELL. Tosogu Treasure of the Samurai 1991. 8.5"x12". A  selling  catalogue, 151pp illustrating mostly in  colour 61  tsuba,11 ko-zuka, 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 in half  morocco, 7"x 9.75", 195pp plus  61pp of  plates  illustrating 138  tsuba (some showing both  sides), and  some small  fittings, covers all the major schools. Spine faded.         GBP100

Halberstadt Coll. Jap. Svaerdprydelser. 1953. 6.75"x9.25" paper covers, 37 tsuba shown.   GBP10

HANCOCK, Birmingham Museum Catalogue of Tsuba  in  the Permanent  Collection, undated but probably 1934, 4.75”x7.5”, card covers, with a dated inscription by the author168pp plus 32 plates showing 58 tsuba from the collection. Fairly good condition.  GBP25

HARA. Die Meister der Japanischen Schwertszeiraten 8”x11” card covers 1931/2,volume 1: 262pp listing around  2600 makers of Japanese sword  fittings  plus 4pp of  genealogies and 12pp table of  kanji and their various  readings. Volume 2: 80pp  illustrating  93 tsuba and 118 small  fittings. This  set covers  many of  the artists whose work we find today. In almost mint condition. GBP160

HARRIS & OGASAWARA. Swords of the Samurai, 1990, 8.5"x11.25" paper covers, 175pp illustrating 30 blades, mountings, armours, tsuba and small fittings, some in colour. Very informative text.   GBP40

W.H. HAWLEY. Hawley's  Japanese  Swordsmiths 2 volumes 8.5"x11" soft covers, 1100pp. 1998  Centenary edition. Lists  over 30000 swordsmiths  in  romaji  and  kanji, with  relative values, typical  signatures & dates and page references  to  smiths  listed  in 'Toko Taikan' and  'Nihon  Toko  Jiten ' (now O/P). There  is a  90pp  reference section  on  inscriptions, personal  names, titles, nengo  and sword  terminology including hamon, carvings, etc. There  is water damage to the last half of volume 2, otherwise  new.    GBP300

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

  GBP100

Another copy, there are inked notations on each plate and on the front flyleaf. Rare.   GBP80

INAMI. Nipponto The Japanese Sword 1972 reprint,7.25"x10.5", 222pp, classic book on blades and mountings, many (somewhat dark) illustrations .        GBP75

JACOBY. Japanische  Schwertzieraten,  Leipzig  1904, 2  volumes  with  decorated  cloth  covers. Volume 1: 8.5"x10", 139pp  describes the 711 items  in  the collection, volume 2: 12"x15.5", contains  36  heliogravure plates illustrating 161 tsuba, 82 kozuka & kogai and 44 fuchi-kashira. This book is very rare.    GBP800

JAPAN SOCIETY.  Transactions  &  Proceedings  of  the  Japan  Society  volume 28, 1930-31, 7”x10.25”, paper  covers, 197pp  with various  articles on  Japanese  history, art and culture and  includes a  27pp paper: ‘European  Influence on Japanese Sword  Fittings  1543- 1853’  by  C.R.Boxer on  the evolution of  those  tsuba  called ‘Namban’, ‘Hizen’  and ‘Kagonami’. There are 16 plates illustrating 29 tsuba and  some small fittings. There is water damage to the last part of the volume and some of the plates are damaged.     GBP35

JAPANESE SWORD SOCIETY OF NEW YORK. The Japanese  Sword and  its Fittings, 8.5"x11" paper  covers, 48pp. Catalogue of  the exhibition  held  in 1966  at  the Cooper  Union  Museum, shows  9pp  of  swords and 32pp  of  tsuba & fittings.  GBP20

JOLY, Henri and TOMITA, Kumasaku. Japanese Art & Handicraft (The Red Cross catalogue). An Illustrated Record of the Loan Exhibition  Held  in Aid of  the British  Red Cross  in October-November, 1915. London, Yamanaka & Co.,1916 First Edition. Heavy folio 12.5"x9.75", 2 parts bound in one, half morocco gilt with reinforced hinges, 214pp with  8 color plates, 162 b&w plates, all with with lettered  tissue interleaving. Illustrates 410 tsuba, 223  kozuka & 110 fuchi-kashira. There are also 62  extra  plates showing  many prints, paintings, inro and lacquer. Limited edition  of  175 copies. This copy is in superb condition, even damaged copies sell for GBP1500-1600.         GBP1000

JOLY. H.L. Note sur le Fer et le Style Namban, Société Franco-Japonaise de Paris, 1914, 7”x10.5” paper covers, 3pp text plus  3 plates (1 loose).      GBP15

JOLY.H.L. Note sur le Manuscrit ‘Toban  Shinpin Zukan’, Société Franco-Japonaise de Paris, 1912, 7”x10.5” paper covers, 13pp  plus 2  plates  showing  drawings  of 24  tsuba. See the used books page for a  complete copy of the manuscript.   GBP35

JOLY. Inscriptions on Japanese Sword  Fittings, 6.5”x10”, c.1917, paper covers, 32pp plus 7 plates illustrating 34 tsuba and 26  kozuka. Explains  briefly  how to  read signatures, the main  text is to  help  in  understanding  the kanji, poems and other characters  that  appears  in the  decoration  of  the fittings. Reprinted  from the Transactions of  the Japan Society.       GBP35

JOLY. Japanese Sword  Mounts In The J.C. Hawkshaw Collection, 1910, 10.25"x12.75", 26pp plus 50 full  page plates  with numbered tissue interleaving. nicely  rebound in  the style of the original  binding, no152 of 300 copies printed. Covers all  the major schools, like the Naunton  catalogue but this has never been  reprinted.       GBP650

JOLY. Japanese Sword Fittings  The Naunton Collection. 1973  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.  Only fair condition.         GBP95

JOLY. Seymour Trower Catalogue of Japanese Art 1975. 9.75"x12.5" slip case (slight damage), 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

JOLY & INADA. The Sword and Samé. 1979, 6.25"x10", 234pp with many illustrations. A rather dated academic study into swords and particularly into early sword mountings together with  the 18th century Book  of  Same by  Inaba Tsurio  which  explains  the differing types of  samé.      GBP60

Miniatyrhantverkets Mastare 1980.5.75"x8.25"paper covers,Stockholm Exhibition Catalogue,38 tsuba and some small fittings illustrated.Swedish language.      GBP15

OGASAWARA (Nobuo) Nippon Tosogu Shusei, Sword Guards and Fittings from Japan, The Collection of the Museum of Decorative Art, Copenhagen, Kodansha, 1983, 2 vols., 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  46pp. and  halftone  plates on 203 pp. Illustrates  839 tsuba  & small  fittings. Detailed  explanation, summary, caption for every plate, list of plates in English. Limited to 1200 copies. Out of print. Complete set with 2 vols.      GBP650

OKABE. Japanese Sword Guards, 1908, 6.75”x9.5", decorated  cloth  covers, 138pp  text  covering  the  history of  sword  fittings giving details of  the various  schools and lists 500 fittings  in  the collection  of  the Museum of  Fine Arts Boston, plus 35pp  of plates illustrating 69 tsuba, most of these are not shown in the large Boston catalogue by Ogawa.      GBP80

      

Ozdoby Japonskych Mecu  Prague undated, 8"x7.75" paper covers, small catalogue illustrating 40 tsuba, in Czech language.     GBP15

ROBINSON, Arms & Armour of Old Japan 1951. 5.5"x8.5" paper covers, 18pp plus 26 plates, an introduction to Jap. swords.      GBP7

ROBINSON. The Armour Book In Honcho Gunkiko by Arai Hakuseki. 1964 first edition, 7.5"x10", 132pp with 38 plates and 44 text illustrations, contains much information on early armours.        GBP90

ROBINSON. The Arts of the Japanese Sword. 1961 first edition, 6.25"x102, 110pp plus 100 full page plates (4 in colour), This book explains the various schools of sword and sword fittings makers. Fair condition.    GBP50

ROBINSON.The Arts of the Japanese Sword. 1961 first edition,  explains the various schools of sword and sword fittings makers. A well used copy    GBP35

ROBINSON. A Primer of Japanese Sword Blades 1974 reprint 6"x8.5" card covers, 94pp,giving lists of schools and their characteristics together with a list of smiths,      GBP35

SATO. 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.       GBP90

SASANO. Early Japanese sword Guards - Sukashi Tsuba 1972 USA Edition. 7.5"x10.5", 284pp illustrating 216 fine iron tsuba covering the major iron schools.       GBP100

SLOUGH. The Oshigata Book of Modern Japanese Swordsmiths 1868-1945. 2001 first edition, 8.5”x11" paper covers, 272pp illustrating  the oshigata  of  170 post 1868  smiths, mostly  wartime, giving  biographical  details and  much  other detail about war-time blade manufacture.               SOLD  GBP70

SOTHEBY'S Roy G.Cole Collection of Japanese Sword Fittings Catalogue 13.12.90, 8.5"x10.5" stiff paper covers, 67pp, illustrates  in colour 45 fine tsuba,  44 kozuka, 56 fuchi-kashira, 25 mostly gold menuki plus 2 complete sets of fittings from the Mosle Cololection, with a list of prices realized.      GBP25

SOTHEBY'S Sale Catalogue of  the Monzino Collection of  Sword  Fittings  & Swords. 18.6.1996, 8.5"x11",  decorated boards, 122pp illustrating 263  tsuba, 42 swords & 174 small fittings, mostly  kozuka, nearly half  the  illustrations are in colour.      GBP60

SOTHEBY'S Sale Catalogue  of  the  Festing & Backhoff Sale 1st April 1993. 8.25"x10.5" soft  covers. 60pp  illustrating 35  blades, 5

tsuba and 24 koshirae.    GBP25

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA TOKENKAI. Arms & Armour of Ancient Japan 1964. 8.5"x11" spiral bound paper covers, 66pp, illustrates swords and tsuba from the 1964 exhibition.                  GBP40

Spectacular Helmets of Japan The Japan Society. Catalogue of the Exhibition of 19856. 9"x12", 193pp showing 75 helmets (37 in colour with 1 armour) of the highly decorative type known as 'Kawari Kabuto' which became fashionable in the later 16th century. There is a 20pp introduction, the book is light on technical details.         GBP70

STRÖHL. Japanisches  Wappenbuch  Nihon  Moncho Vienna 1906, 7"x9.5", high  quality  modern  binding with  decorative cloth  over  wooden boards, 250pp with  marbled edges, 8 colour plates and over 550  illustrations of mon and their variants with details of the families that  used  them, their fiefs  etc, together  with  their peerages post 1868. German text. Probably the best work on mon. GBP350

TOBAN SHINPIN ZUKAN  translated by H.L.Joly, a photocopy of  the Société  Franco-Japonaise de Paris 1912 publication of Joly’s copy of  the 18th century  manuscript  in  the Nordenskiöld  Library.196pp spiral  binding with  a  perspex front cover, the  back cover lacking. There is a 13pp  introduction and  index in French  plus a 24pp  introductions by the unknown author and H.L.Joly, plus 171pp illustrating 313 tsuba by drawings. English & French text.        GBP100

TOKEN BIJUTSU English Edition of the NBTHK Journal, 7.25"x10" paper covers, Each issue of around 40pp contains oshigata,articles and lectures on blades. descriptions and explanations for each blade plus articles on smiths, illustrations of tsuba & fittings with articles  on the same,  there is also a kantei blade for each issue. and is the most detailed work (on those smiths covered) on Japanese swords ever printed in English.

TOKEN BIJUTSU English Edition  Separate Issues

461991              GBP16

VICTORIA & ALBERT MUSEUM. A Picture Book of Japanese Sword  Guards, 1927, 5”x7.5” detached  and damaged paper covers, 22pp with brief text and illustrations of 26 tsuba.    GBP15

YAMAGAMI. Japan's Ancient Armour Tourist Library 1940. 5.25"x7.75" paper covers, 82pp including 28 full page plates and other illustrations. An introduction to armour.        GBP35

YUMOTO. The Samurai Sword. 1981 reprint, better quality illustrations than in the current edition       GBP11

Token Taikai San Francisco 76      loose pages       GBP10

TURNBULL. The Book of the Samurai     GBP12

JENYNS. Japanese Porcelain 1st edition 1965           GBP60

MIYAKE. Kabuki Drama 1938 Tourist Library. 5.25"x7.5" paper covers, 102pp with illustrations, an introduction to kabuki.    GBP12

Bushido vol.1 no.1GBP8

Bushido vol.2 no.4GBP8

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