Author : Kōkan Nagayama
Publisher : Kodansha International
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 28,39 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9784770020710
Connoisseur's Book Japanese Swords is a Kodansha International publication.
Author : Leon Kapp
Publisher : Kodansha International
Page : 176 pages
File Size : 20,59 MB
Release : 1987
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780870117985
From raw steel to tempered blade, this text presents a visual account of thencient craft of swordmaking as practiced in modern Japan.
Author : Yoshindo Yoshihara
Publisher : Tuttle Publishing
Page : 592 pages
File Size : 17,23 MB
Release : 2012-09-10
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 1462909965
In The Art of the Japanese Sword, master swordsmith Yoshindo Yoshihara offers a detailed look at the entire process of Japanese sword making, including the finishing and appreciation of Japanese blades. Japanese sword art stands out in many ways: functionality as a weapon, sophisticated metallurgy and metalsmithing, the shape of the blade itself--all contribute to the beauty of these remarkable weapons. The Art of the Japanese Sword conveys to the reader Japanese samurai sword history and Japanese sword care, as well as explaining how to view and appreciate a blade. With 256 full-color pages, this sword book illustrates in meticulous detail how modern craftsmen use traditional methods to prepare their steel, forge the sword and create the unique hardened edge. By gaining a good understanding of how a sword is actually made, the reader will be able to appreciate the samurai sword more fully. Topics include: Appreciating the Japanese sword History of the Japanese sword Traditional Japanese steelmaking Making the sword Finishing the sword
Author : Markus Sesko
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 554 pages
File Size : 24,88 MB
Release : 2014-09-30
Category : History
ISBN : 131256315X
This completely new encyclopedic reference for the Japanese sword contains about 2,500 terms, many of them illustrated by photos and drawings. The Encyclopedia of Japanese Swords is an A-Z general encyclopedia covering each and every part of the sword: the blade, the mountings, the fittings, and all their different interpretations. Further, this encyclopedia also explains the literal or etymological meaning of each Japanese term and provides an even deeper insight into the subject.
Author : Victor Harris
Publisher :
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 41,16 MB
Release : 2005-03-15
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN :
First published: London: The British Museum Press, 2004.
Author : Kanzan Satō
Publisher : Kodansha International
Page : 218 pages
File Size : 38,97 MB
Release : 1983
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9780870115622
One of the foremost experts on the Japanese sword describes their history andppreciations in this book, with photographs and illustrations.
Author : Ben Hubbard
Publisher : The History Press
Page : 183 pages
File Size : 27,53 MB
Release : 2014-06-02
Category : History
ISBN : 0750957255
The true nature of the samurai warrior is an elusive and endlessly fascinating enigma for those in the west. From their inauspicious beginnings as barbarian-subduing soldiers, the samurai lived according to a code known as bushido, or ‘Way of the Warrior’. Bushido advocated loyalty, honour, pride and fearlessness in combat. Those who broke the code were expected to perform seppuku, or suicide through belly-slitting. By its very design, seppuku aimed to restore honour to disgraced warriors by ensuring the most painful of deaths. But as the samurai grew into large warrior clans, the bushido virtues of loyalty and honour fell into question, as control was seized and the emperor supplanted by a powerful military ruler, the shogun. Samurai tells the story of the ensuing centuries-long struggle for power between the clans, as Japan’s martial elite rose and fell.
Author : Yurie Endo Halchak
Publisher : Alpha Book Publisher
Page : pages
File Size : 13,13 MB
Release : 2021-07-23
Category : Art
ISBN :
This is a series of entry-level lectures on the Japanese sword and its history for those who are interested in studying Japanese art swords. The Japanese sword was basically designed as a weapon, but Japanese swordsmiths imbued qualities of grace and beauty into the blades as well as functional superiority. The intricate patterns of surface and texture formed by their highly developed forging and tempering techniques were made only in Japan. In the past, the Japanese looked at the swords as a spiritual symbol of Samurai, temples, and shrines. Nowadays, the Japanese regard swords as a cultural art object made of steel. Varieties of the appearance of swords are closely related to historical events. Textures, contours, and tempering designs are characteristics of a particular school (Den 伝) of swordsmiths. This is a series of lectures that discuss each period's history then talk about the swordsmiths' schools that were active in a particular province at the time. Because of that, each section starts with the history of the time. It is necessary to discuss history to see the flow of the events that affected the swords' shape and style.
Author : Clive Sinclaire
Publisher : Chartwell Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 50,28 MB
Release : 2009-09-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780785825630
For 700 years Japanese civilization was dominated by a single warrior caste. This project looks at the weaponry of Samurai men and women over the centuries with specifically commissioned photography of reenactors wearing and museum-quality clothing and weaponry.
Author : Leon Kapp
Publisher : Kodansha International
Page : 244 pages
File Size : 40,80 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
ISBN : 9784770019622
A comprehensive overview of the major events in the history of the contemporary Japanese sword and the work of many of the best smiths active today.
