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Sold Date: 12/19/2008
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Category: Ethnic, Folk & Native American Art

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ART AND THE SWORD
B.Kowalski, J. McElhinney and John J. Eliyas, editors
The bulletin of the JSS/US (Japanese Sword Society of the United States) as was published 1988 - 2001. The complete set is comprised of seven journals with the fifth a combined volume numbered five and six.
ART AND THE SWORD: 1988, Vol. 1
Contains: Hizen by R.B. Caldwell; Hizen-To by C.Lee, J.McElhinney, and B.Kowalski; Hizen-To Oshigata by J.McElhinney, and B.Kowalski; The Evolution of Bizen-Den by G.J.Curtis; The development of Bizen Choji by C.A.Bird; Awataguchi Omi-no-Kami Tadatsuna by N.Ogasawara, and T.Iida.
106 pages, 8Â½ x 11" soft cover $20.00
ART AND THE SWORD: 1989, Vol. 2
Contains: Swords of Owari by Kentaro Yoshikawa;The Yamashiro Tradition of Sword Making by Kensho Furuya; Benjamin Smith Lyman and the Geological Survey of Japan (1872-1879) by R.Goodman; Metallurgical and Other Features of Japanese Swords, Given 6 December 1895 by B.Lyman.
127ages, 6 x 9" soft cover $20.00
ART AND THE SWORD: 1990, Vol. 3
Contains: Owari Tsuba by Wakayama Homatsu; Thoughts Regarding Owari Tsuba as Predecessors of Akasaka Tsuba by Matsumo Seiji; Shinto Yokoyama Bizen-To by B.Kowalski; Additional Oshigata for Study of Yokoyama Bizen-To by B.Kowalski; Notes on the Characters Used in Proper Names from the "Nanori Jibiki" of Taikai Razan.
108 pages, 6 x 9" soft cover $20.00
ART AND THE SWORD: 1991, Vol. 4
Contains: The Characteristics of Kyushu Shinto by Kentaro Yoshikawa; Random Thoughts on Hizen Swords by Ginsaku Kotaoka.
120 pages, 6 x 9" soft cover $20.00
ART AND THE SWORD: 1995, Volumes 5 & 6
Contains: The Kyoto Shinto Tradition, Kanto Zuikan (Random Thoughts on Example Swords) Umetada Myoju by Kataoka Ginsaku; Example Blades of the Umetada School by Yoshikawa Koen; Kanto Zuikan Horikawa Kunihiro by Kataoka Ginsaku; Example Blades of the Horikawa Kunihiro School by Yoshikawa Koen; The End of the Shogunate and The Swords of Katsumura Norikatsu by D.Garbutt.
139 pages, 6 x 9" soft cover $20.00
ART AND THE SWORD: 1997, Volume 7
Contains: Kyoto Gokaji Zakkan (Impressions of the Five Smiths of Kyoto) by Yoshikawa Koen; Kanto Zuikan: The Mishina Den (Random Thoughts on Example Blades) by Kataoka Ginsaku; The Pioneer (Genso) Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi by Mori Shigetake; Kokoan Katana Banashi (Speaking of Swords at an Antiquarian Retreat) Personal Opinions on O-Kanemichi and Omi no Kami by Konno Shigeo; Main Branch Study Meeting Reports: The Mishina School by Yoshikawa Koen; When did Osaka Tamba no Kami Yoshimichi Shodai Receive His Title? by Han Bing Siong.
114 pages, 6 x 9" soft cover $20.00
ART AND THE SWORD: 2001, Volume 8
Contains: [A comprehensive study of] Sengo Muramasa - two translated articles from Token to Rekishi (NTHK) by Kataoka Ginsaku; translations and commentary by Godon Robson related to Sengo Masazane from the Nihonto Meikan, and Nihonto Daihyakka Jiten by Ogasawara Nobuo, and Nihonto no Meiso by Numata Kenji; forward by Gordon Robson.
106 pages, 6 x 9" soft cover $20.00
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