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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
The author acknowledges his indebtedness to Mr. Randolph Bullock, Assistant Curator of Arms and Armor, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City; and Mr. Edwin G. Beal, Jr., Chief, Japanese Section, Library of Congress, Washington, D. C., for furnishing lists of English and Japanese publications on the subject.
For assistance in preparing the text and illustrations I am much indebted to my teachers and friends, in particular to Dr. Junji Homma, Mr. Kanichi Sato, and Mr. Susumu Kashima, of the Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword, National Museum, Tokyo, Japan; and Lieutenant Colonel George E. Slade, of the U.S. Army.
Gratitude is also due fellow members of the Northern California Sword Club.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
THERE WERE well over five hundred books on swords, mountings, and smiths, in Japanese (some date from 1312) before the Meiji Restoration. However, none of these volumes may be relied upon solely, for errors crept into even the most careful studies.
There have been many intensive and complete books on the subject in recent years. However, not many of these books are available in English. The following is a list of the more outstanding publications:
BOOKS AND ARTICLES IN ENGLISH
The Complete Manual of the Old Sword (Translation: Author unknown) Tokyo: 1793. Sword making and swordsmiths; classification and descriptions of swords.
DOBREE, ALFRED. Japanese Sword Blades, Archaeological Journal . 1905, Vol. 62 (Series 2, Vol. 12), pp. 1-18; 218-255.
FURNAS, Wendell J. Fortunes in Souvenir Swords, Esquire (Now. 1946, Vol. XXVI, No. 5 p.94.
GILBERTON, EDWARD. Japanese Sword Blades, Transactions and Proceedings of the Japan Society. London: 1898. IV, 186-214. Illustrated.
GUNSAULUS, HELEN C. The Japanese Sword and its Decoration. Chicago: Field Museum of Natural History, 1924. Anthropology Leaflet No. 20. 21 pp., 4 plates.
HAWLEY W. M. (Compier.) Hollywood, California: 1945. No. 11 of the Oriental Culture Chart Series. Types, nomenclature, and general description of forging processes, care, history, smiths, etc.
HOMMA, JUNJI. Japanese Sword (Japanese Art Series). Tokyo: The National Museum, 1948. 72 pp., 10 plates. Nomenclature, general description of forging processes, care, history, smiths, etc.
INAMI, HAKUSUI. Nippon-t, The Japanese Sword. Tokyo: Cosmo Publishing Co., 1948. 222 pp. General study of swords.
JOLY, HENRI L,; and INADA, HAGITAR. Sword and Sam. London: privately printed, 1913. 11 plates. Translation of Arai Hakuekis The Sword Book, in Honch Gunkik , and The Book of Sam (Ko Hi Sei Gi) , by Inaba Tsurio.
LYMAN, BENJAMIN SMITH. Japanese Swords, Reprint: Proceedings of the Numismatic Antiquarian Society, Philadelphia, 1819-91. Philadelphia: 1892. 38 pp., 18 figs.
. Japanese Swords, Journal of the Franklin Institute , Philadelphia: 1895. 141 pp. 13 figs.
. Metallurgical and Other Features of Japanese Swords, Journal of the Franklin Institute. Philadelphia: 1896. 14 pp., 9 figs. Abstract of a lecture delivered before the Franklin Institute, November 8, 1895.
MCCLAYCHIE, THOMAS R. H. The Sword of Japan: Its History and Traditions, Transactions of the Asiatic Society of Japan (1874-1882). II, 50-56.
MUMFORD, ETHEL WATTS. The Japanese Book of the Ancient Sword, Journal of the American Oriental Society, 1905-6. Vol. 26, pt. 2, pp. 334-410.
ROBINSON, B.W. A Primer of Japanese Sword-Blades. London: Victoria & Albert Museum, 1956. 94 pp. Basic study of sword blades.
BOOKS IN JAPANESE
FUJISHIRO, YOSHIO. Nippon Tko Jiten (Shint Hen). Tokyo: 1939. 402 pp. Contains rubbings of tangs of swords from the Shint period.
. Nippon Tko Jiten (Kot Hen). Tokyo: 1939. Contains rubbings of tangs from the Kto period.
. Tken Zuroku. Tokyo: 1934. 492 pp. Contains pictures and rubbings of swords.
HOMMA, JUNJI. Kot Shint . Vol. VIII of Nippon Rekishi (Japanese History). Tokyo: Iwanami Publishing Co., 1934. 36 pp. Concise study of swords.
. Ktoku no Zgan-mei Shu-mei nado to Kare no Kanshiki. Tokyo: 1955. 20 pp. A study of inscriptions of (Honnami) Ktoku (mid-sixteenth century) and his talent for appraising swords.
. Mei-t Zufu. Tokyo: 1935. Contains pictures of famous swords of Japan.
. (Compiler). Kokuch Tken Zufu. Tokyo: 1936-39. Contains photos of 163 famous Japanese national-treasure blades.
HOMMA, JUNJI; and KANICHI. Kotetsu Taikan. Tokyo. The Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword, 1955. 89 pp., 152 plates. A study of Nagasone Kotetsu, of the Shint period.
. Kunihiro Taikan. Tokyo: The Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword, 1954. 53 pp., 106 plates. A thorough study of Horikawa Kunihiro, a master of the early Shint period.
HONAMI, KSON. Nippon-t. Tokyo: 1923. Vol. 1, 270 pp.; Vol. 2, 1073 pp. (Revised edition: Nippon-t Taikan , 1942.) General study and appraisal of swords.
HONAMI, KSON; and MUROTSU, GEITAR. Tk Sran. Tokyo: 1926. 778 pp. Index of smiths.
HONNAMI; HOMMA; IWASAKI; KANZU; OKONOGI; OGURA; TAWARA; and others. Nippn-t Kza. 25 volumes (deluxe edition, 16 volumes). Tokyo: Yzankaku Publishing Co., 1935. Over 5000 pp. The most complete study of swords.
IMAMURA and BETCHAKU. Kenwa-roku. Tokyo: 1880. Vol. 1, 331 pp.; Vol. 2,314 pp. General study of swords.
ISHIWATARI, SHINTAR. Shin- Tuihitsu. Kamakura: 1956. 124 pp. Contains personal views and experiences with swords.
KAWAGUCHI, NOBURU. Nippon-t, Sono Rekishi. Tokyo: Asashi News Company, 1956. No. 34 of the Asashi photo series. 64 pp. Photos and history of swords.
KAWAGUCHI, NOBORU. Shint Kot Taikan. Tokyo: Nanjin-sha Publishing Co., 1932. Vol. 1., plates; Vol. II 850 pp., 320 plates.
KAWAGUCHI; KOYABU; and KISHIMOTO. Tken Meijiten. Tokyo: Nanji-sha Publishing Co., 1928. 580 pp. Contains rubbings of tangs.
KOIZUMI, HISAO. Nippon-t no Kindai Kenky. Tokyo: 1932, 302 pp. 192 plates. General study and pictures of swords.
Nihon Bijutsu Tken Hozon Kykai (The Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword). Oojyaku-sho . Tokyo: 1955; Limited issue of one hundred copies. Reproduction of one of the oldest books on swords (c. 1500). Contains 860 rubbings of tangs of swords.
OMURA, KUNITAR. Shumi no Tken Renna-jutsu. Tokyo: 1919. 92 pp. Contains information about polishing swords.
SAT, KANICHI. Tken Kantei Tech. Tokyo: The Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword, 1955. 30 pp. Contains the nomenclature, general description of forging processes, care, smiths, school, history, postwar history, etc., of the sword.
SHIMIZU, FUDOKU. Nippon Tken Hyjun Kakaku. Tokyo: Bijutsu Kurabu, 1939. 1144 pp. Index and price list of smiths.
SHIMUZU, TAKANORI. Tken no Shin-kenky. Tokyo: 1929. 743 pp. General study of swords.
TAKASE, UK (Compiler). Shoka Hisetsu Kant Shusei. Tokyo: 1918. 443 pp. Collection of old books published in the Tokugawa period.
. Tken Kantei Bik. Tokyo: 1918. 250 pp. General study of swords.
UCHIDA, STEN. Dai Nippon Tken Shink. Osaka: 1933. 1000 pp. General study of swords.
UCHIDA, STEN; and KASHIMA, ISAO. Shint Meisaku-sh. Osaka: 1930. 209 pp., 192 plates. General study and pictures of swords of the Shint period.
. Kot Meisaku-sh. Osaka: 1930. General study and pictures of swords of the Kot period.
JAPANESE PERIODICALS
Kot Shint Kakaku-hy. (Annual market price listing of swords). Published by Hattori, Eiichi. 1, 8, Kybashi, Ch-ku, Tokyo.
Tken Bijutsu (Journal of Swords). Bi-monthly magazine of the Tken Hozon Kykai, National Museum, Ueno, Tokyo). Averages 88 pp. Issue No. 49 published in January 1958. A section in English is promised in the future.
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