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The Art of the Japanese Sword – The Craft of Swordmaking and its Appreciation by Leon and Hiroko Kapp, Yoshihara Yoshindo

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The Art of the Japanese Sword – The Craft of Swordmaking and its Appreciation by Leon and Hiroko Kapp, Yoshihara YoshindoTitle: he Art of the Japanese Sword - The Craft of Swordmaking and its Appreciation
Author: Leon Kapp, Hiroko Kapp, Yoshindo Yoshihara
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2012
ISBN: 978-4-8053-1240-7
Language: English
Illustrations: Color pictures
Other: 256 pages, 32 cm by 24 cm, hardcover
Topics: Nihontō
ID: B0512

Very nice book with excellent pictures.

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Cutting Edge – Japanese Swords in the British Museum by Victor Harris

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Cutting Edge – Japanese Swords in the British Museum by Victor HarrisTitle: Cutting Edge - Japanese Swords in the British Museum
Author: Victor Harris
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2005
ISBN: 0-8048-3680-9
Language: English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures te pictures
Other: 160 pages, 28.5 cm by 23 cm, hardcover
Topics: History, Nihontō, Paintings, Tōsōgu
ID: B0418

Very nice exhibition catalog from the Keeper Emeritus of the Japanese collections at the British Museum.

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Book Review: Samurai An Illustrated History by Mitsuo Kure

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Book Review: Samurai An Illustrated History by Mitsuo KureTitle: Samurai An Illustrated History
Author: Mitsuo Kure
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing, 2002
ISBN: 0-8048-3287-0
Language: English
Illustrations: Color Pictures
Other: 192 pages, 31 cm by 24 cm, hardcover
Topics: History, Kabuto, Katchū, Menpō, Paintings, Samurai
ID: B0302

Nice general samurai overview book with several armors, re-enactors and drawings. The picture on the cover is rather famous as it illustrates that by the time that photography became available, many ‘samurai’ did not know anymore how to put on an armor properly. The sode are reversed…