The Japanese sword : a comprehensive guide
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書誌事項
The Japanese sword : a comprehensive guide
Kodansha International : Shibundo, 1983
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- : U.S.
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注記
“新装版 刀剣"--jacket
The English edition was originally published as volume 12 in the Japanese arts library series under the title The Japanese sword.
Bibliography: p. 202-205
Includes index
19th printing: 209 p
内容説明・目次
内容説明
One of the foremost experts on the Japanese sword describes their history and appreciations in this book, with photographs and illustrations. The Japanese sword combines unbreakability, rigidity, and lethal cutting power, and it is in the resolution of these conflicting practical requirements that it emerges as a triumph of the forger's art. The mystique of the sword lingers on in our age of mechanized combat, but the aesthetic qualities for which swords are most valued by collectors today-the liveliness of the metal skin,' the confidence in every aspect of the'
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