Title: Edo no dandizumu - otoko no bigaku Author: Shigeki Kawakami Publisher: Seigensha, 2007 ISBN: 978-4-86152-110-2 C0371 Language: Japanese Illustrations: Color Pictures Other: 115 pages, 25 cm by 25 cm, softcover Topics:Culture, Kabuto, Katchū, Netsuke, Paintings, Samurai, Tōsōgu ID: B0478
Edo and Dandyism. A nicely illustrated book about the “extravagant” fashion in the Edo period.
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 Japanese Sword - The Soul of the Samurai Author: Gregory Irvine Publisher: Weatherhill, 2000 ISBN: 0-8348-0475-1 Language: English Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 128 pages, 26 cm by 22 cm, hardcover Topics:Nihontō, Teppō, Tōsōgu ID: B0458
Nice general book on Japanese Swords. Irvine was the curator of the Far Eastern Department of the V&A.
Title: The Arts of the Japanese Sword Author: B. W. Robinson Publisher: Faber and Faber, 1987 (1961) ISBN: 0-571-04723-8 Language: English Illustrations: Color and black and white pictures Other: 110 pages + pictures, 24 cm by 16.5 cm, hardcover Topics:Nihontō, Tōsōgu ID: B0457
The classic book on Japanese swords (including tōsōgu) from B.W. Robinson.
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