Title: Tōsō kodōgu kōza Author: Hōmatsu Wakayama Publisher: Yūzankaku Shuppan, 1972-74 ISBN: None Language: Japanese Illustrations: Some color pictures, many black and white pictures Other: 333, 280, 292, 309, 269, 335, 348, 299 pages, 26.5 cm, by 19 cm, hardcover Topics:Tōsōgu ID: B0046
Title: Tōsōgu yūgin zufu Author: Masayuki Sasano Publisher: Shōyūkai, 1986-1995 ISBN: None Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures, few color pictures Other: 20-47 pages each, 29.5 by 21 cm, 25.5 cm by 18 cm Topics:Tōsōgu ID: B0045
This is a set of 18 small journals that were published for the special study group of Mr. Sasano.
Title: Tōsōgu no kigen Author: Masayuki Sasano Publisher: Nichibō Shuppansha, 1979 ISBN: None Language: Japanese with some English Illustrations: Black and white pictures Other: 257 pages, 26.5 cm by 19 cm, hardcover Topics:Tōsōgu ID: B0044
Important work of Masayuki Sasano where he puts the origin of certain sword elements much earlier in the time than traditionally accepted. English text with the pieces is much more then normal. Limited to 2000.
Title: Sukashi tsuba - bushidō no bi Author: Masayuki Sasano Publisher: Nichibō Shuppansha, 1972 ISBN: None Language: Japanese Illustrations: Few color pictures, many black and white pictures Other: 426 pages, 26.5 cm by 19 cm, hardcover Topics:Tōsōgu ID: B0043
An important book from Mr. Sasano, who went against the stream in the tsuba world with his theories.
Title: Owari to mikawa no tankō Author: Yasukazu Okamoto Publisher: Yasukazu Okamoto, 1983 ISBN: None Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures Other: 341 pages 30.5 cm by 21.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Tōsōgu ID: B0042
Title: Tōsō sōran Author: Kazutarō Torigoe Publisher: Kazutarō Torigoe, 1978 ISBN: None Language: Japanese and English Illustrations: Black and white pictures Other: 308 pages, 30 cm by 22 cm, hardcover Topics:Tōsōgu ID: B0041
Another important book from Mr. Torigoe, with a lot of pictures of tsuba. Limited to 1200.
Title: Tsuba kanshōki Author: Kazutarō Torigoe Publisher: Nihon Bunkyō Shuppan, 1965 ISBN: None Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures Other: 362 pages, 31 cm by 22 cm, hardcover Topics:Tōsōgu ID: B0040
Another beautiful and important book from Mr. Torigoe, with a lot of pictures of tsuba. This is the original edition from 1965. Limited to 500.
Title: Tsuba kanshōki Author: Kazutarō Torigoe Publisher: Token Shunju Press, 1975 ISBN: None Language: Japanese with some English Illustrations: Black and white pictures Other: 389 pages, 30.5 cm, 21.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Tōsōgu ID: B0039
Another beautiful and important book from Mr. Torigoe, with a lot of pictures of tsuba. With English description. This a newer edition then the one from 1965. Limited to 1000.
Title: Tsuba geijutsu kō sono shiron to geijutsuteki kōsatsu Author: Kazutarō Torigoe Publisher: Nihon Bunkyō Shuppan, 1960 ISBN: None Language: Japanese with some English Illustrations: Black and white pictures, drawings Other: 144, 111 pages, 29.5 cm by 22 cm, hardcover Topics:Tōsōgu ID: B0038
An important tsuba book by Mr. Torigoe, one of the main Tsuba scholars of the previous century and teacher of Robert E. Haynes. Mr. Haynes wrote in 1963 ‘Tsuba An Aesthetic Study’, based on this work.
One book contains the pictures, the other one the text.
Title: Tsuba shūsei Author: Tessei Nakamura Publisher: Tsuba Shūsei Kankōkai, 1963 ISBN: None Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white pictures Other: 522 pages, 37 cm by 26.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Tōsōgu ID: B0037
One of the big classic tsuba books. An enormous amount of tsuba are illustrated. Very nice (and big). Limited to 1000.