Title: Shumi no tsuba : 500 shi Author: Tessei Nakamura Publisher: Tankenkyūkai, 1965 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures Other: 165 pages, 27 cm by 19 cm, hardcover Topics:Tōsōgu ID: B0239
Tessei Nakamura explains in his foreword that he wanted to write this book as a follow up to his magistral “Tsuba shūsei” (1963), for people to make it easy to see many similar pieces close together, in an easier to read book.
Title: Japanese Spears - Polearms and Their Use in Old Japan Author: Patricia Knutsen, Roald Knutsen Publisher: Global Oriental, 2004 ISBN: 1-901903-56-7 Language: English Illustrations: Black and White pictures, line drawings Other: 131 pages, 25.5 cm by 18.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Nihontō ID: B0238
One of the very few books dedicated to Japanese polearms, hence a must. Follow up study of “Japanese Polearms” (1965) from Roald Knutsen. Includes also an extensive glossary.
Title: Le Petit Hara dictionnaire des artistes japonais de montures de sabre Author: Robert Burawoy Publisher: Association Franco-Japonaise, 1991 Language: French Illustrations: None Other: 96 pages, 21.5 cm by 14.5 cm, softcover Topics:Tōsōgu ID: B0234
This small booklet is a compressed version of the “Die Meister der Japanischen Schwertzieraten” (1902 with corrected and enlarged edition in 1931) from Shinkichi Hara, an important work about the Japanese tōsōgu artists. The compilation from Robert Burawoy was a free gift that came with the 31th “bulletin” of the Association Franco Japonaise.
Title: 100 Selected Tsuba From European Public Collections Author: Robert Burawoy, Robert Haynes Publisher: Robert Haynes and Robert Burawoy, 1984 Language: French, English and German Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 64 pages, 30.5 cm by 21.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Tōsōgu ID: B0232
Very nice catalog on tsuba by Robert Haynes and Robert Burawoy at the occasion of the First European Symposium on The Arts of the Samurai in the German Sword Museum in Solingen.
Two editions exist. First the normal one, with some advertising in the back, and a second one limited to 300 with an extensive bibliography on sword fittings (almost 400 titles over nearly 300 years). This copy is with the bibliography.
Title: Genealogies and Schools of Japanese Swordsmiths Author: Markus Sesko Publisher: Markus Sesko BOD, 2010 ISBN: 978-3-8391-8347-2 Language: English and German Illustrations: Some black and white pictures of documents Other: 124 pages, 29.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover Topics:Nihontō ID: B0231
Nice overview of the schools of Japanese sword smiths by specialized translator Markus Sesko.
Title: Shumi no tsuba : 500 shi
Title: Japanese Spears - Polearms and Their Use in Old Japan
Title: Kanzōhin zuroku II
Title: Owari no tonosama monogatari : Owari tokugawake shodai yoshinao shūfū yonhyakunen
Title: Tokugawa bijutsukan gaidobukku - The Tokugawa Art Museum guide book
Title: Le Petit Hara dictionnaire des artistes japonais de montures de sabre
Title: Swords of the Samurai Japanese Arms and Armor from Northwest Collections
Title: 100 Selected Tsuba From European Public Collections
Title: Genealogies and Schools of Japanese Swordsmiths
Title: Yasukuni-to Tradition and Ideal Beauty
