The smaller book is largely japanese text with some photos and drawings, 144 pages. Sukashi tsuba 9780870401763 by masayuki sasano and a great selection of similar new, used and collectible books available now at great prices. Making a tsuba, japanese for guard, is one of my favorite steps in sword making. Unfollow japanese sword book to stop getting updates on your ebay feed. Clothbound with 2 volumes in storage box, 30 x 22 x 5 cm. The legitimate japanese sword is made from japanese steel tamahagane. This book covers the history and development of the onin. One of the former owners of this tsuba must have realized its contextual value, quoting here from stephen v.
Granscays essay the howard mansfield collection japanese sword furniture from the metropolitan museum of art bulletin, 1937. Titlejapanese sword satsuma koshirae book katana samurai tsuba nihonto japanitem conditionused but e. Japanese swords and tsuba from the freeman and sharpe collections sothebys catalog 1997 the carlo monzino collection of japanese sword fittings and swords sothebys catalog 1996 peabody museum collection of japanese sword guards by hamilton japanese swordmounts in collections of the field museum by helen c. A soten tsuba chiselled, pierced and gilt with the seven sages in a bamboo grove, the faces in silver, shakudo and copper, with the full soten signature, this is a 19th century copy of soten made to supply the demand for tsuba by this popular. We have over one hundred different types to choose from, for katana, wakizashi, and tanto. Reprint by northern california japanese sword club, 2002.
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