Title: Nihon no kassen bugu jiten (zuroku) Author: Yoshihiko Sasama Publisher: Kashiwa Shobō, 1999 ISBN: 4-7601-1705-9 C1521 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Black and white drawings, black and white pictures Other: 390 pages, 26.5 cm by 19.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Abumi, Bagu, Bugu, Kabuto, Katchū, Kura, Nihontō, Samurai, Teppō ID: B0468
Encyclopedia of arms related things as they are illustrated in battle scrolls, mostly illustrated with line drawings.
Title: The Japanese Sword Author: Kanzan Satō Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd., 1983 ISBN: 0-87011-562-6 Language: English Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 210 pages, 26.5 cm by 19.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Nihontō, Tōsōgu ID: B0464
Landmark book in English by Kanzan Satō, part of a great series of books on Japanese art. Translation and adapted by Joe Earle. My first book on Japanese swords.
Title: The New Generation of Japanese Swordsmiths Author: Tamio Tsuchiko Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd., 2002 ISBN: 4-7700-2854-7 Language: English Illustrations: Black and white pictures and line drawings Other: 255 pages, 26.5 cm by 20 cm, hardcover Topics:Nihontō ID: B0463
Title: Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths - From 1968 to the present Author: Leon Kapp, Hiroko Kapp, Yoshindo Yoshihara, Tom Kishida Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd., 2002 ISBN: 4-7700-1962-9 Language: English Illustrations: Black and white pictures and line drawings Other: 223 pages, 26. cm by 20 cm, hardcover Topics:Nihontō ID: B0462
Book on contemporary sword smiths, includes interviews.
Title: The Connoisseur's Book of Japanese Swords Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd., 1997 ISBN: 4-7700-2071-6 Language: English Illustrations: Black and white illustrations Other: 355 pages, 26.5 cm by 20 cm, hardcover Topics:Nihontō ID: B0461
Important and landmark book from Living National treasure polisher Nagayama. Translated by Kenji Mishina.
Title: The Yasukuni Swords - Rare Weapons of Japan 1933 -1945 Author: Tom Kishida Publisher: Kodansha International Ltd., 2004 ISBN: 4-7700-2754-0 Language: English Illustrations: Black and white pictures Other: 155 pages, 27 cm by 20 cm, hardcover Topics:History, Nihontō ID: B0460
Book that deals with the traditionally made swords in the build up to, and during the war.
Title: Nihontō taizen 2
Title: Nihontō taizen
Title: Nihon no kassen bugu jiten (zuroku)
Title: The Art of Japanese Sword Polishing
Title: The Craft of the Japanese Sword 
Title: The Japanese Sword
Title: The New Generation of Japanese Swordsmiths
Title: Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths - From 1968 to the present
Title: The Connoisseur's Book of Japanese Swords
Title: The Yasukuni Swords - Rare Weapons of Japan 1933 -1945
