Tōsōgu, jizai kanagu : Rundoguren korekushon = Japanese sword-fittings and metalwork in the Lundgren collection by Nobuo Ogasawara, Akimasa Kobayashi

Tōsōgu, jizai kanagu : Rundoguren korekushon = Japanese sword-fittings and metalwork in the Lundgren collection by Nobuo Ogasawara, Akimasa KobayashiTitle: Tōsōgu, jizai kanagu : Rundoguren korekushon = Japanese sword-fittings and metalwork in the Lundgren collection
Author: Nobuo Ogasawara, Akimasa Kobayashi
Publisher: Ōtsuka Kōgeisha, 1992
Language: Japanese and English
Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures
Other: 159 + 197 pages, 26.5 cm by 20 cm, hardcover and softcover
Topics: Jizai Okimono, Tōsōgu
ID: B0513, B0514

Very nice book (with separate translation) of one of the famous European sword-fitting (and jizai okimono) collections.

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

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.

Celebrating the beauty of Japanese samurai armour