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Kodansha International, Tokyo 1989. 26.5 x 18.5cms, 210pp, b/w & colour illusts, fine hardcover & dustwrapper The chapters are: the development of the Japanese sword; the appreciation of fine swords; the mounts of Japanese swords; metal sword-fittings; the making of a Japanese sword; sword appraisal; essential of sword care.

Tokyo and New York: Kodansha International; Shibundo, 1983. 210 pages, illustrations (some colour); 27 cm. Translation of: Token. Firm binding, clean inside copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. "The Japanese sword combines unbreakability, rigidity, and lethal cutting power, and it is in the resolution of these conflicting practical requirements that it emerges as a triumph of the forger's art. The mystique of the sword lingers on in our age of mechanized combat, but the aesthetic qualities for which swords are most valued by collectors today-the liveliness of the metal 'skin,' the confidence in every aspect of the design, the scrolling temper-line, the almost buoyant lightness of the hilt when the blade is held in the hand-all derive from what the Japanese sword demanded as a symbol of strength and as a weapon. As an instrument of clear persuasion, no other blade anywhere has ever been its equal. This volume, containing color and black-and-white plates, has been prepared as… Read More

Kodansha International: Shibundo. Used - Very Good. The Japanese Sword

Kodansha USA, 1983-06-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title!