Samurai Swords - A Collector's Guide: A Comprehensive Introduction to History, Collecting and Preservation - Of the Japanese Sword by Sinclaire, Clive
Samurai Swords - A Collector's Guide: A Comprehensive Introduction to History, Collecting and Preservation - Of the Japanese Sword by Sinclaire, Clive

Samurai Swords - A Collector's Guide: A Comprehensive Introduction to History, Collecting and Preservation - Of the Japanese Sword

Japanese swords, particularly those wielded by famous samurai warriors, hold a continuing fascination for collectors of fine...
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Author: Clive Sinclaire
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Language: English
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Samurai Swords - A Collector's Guide: A Comprehensive Introduction to History, Collecting and Preservation - Of the Japanese Sword by Sinclaire, Clive

Samurai Swords - A Collector's Guide: A Comprehensive Introduction to History, Collecting and Preservation - Of the Japanese Sword

$60.40
Samurai Swords - A Collector's Guide: A Comprehensive Introduction to History, Collecting and Preservation - Of the Japanese Sword by Sinclaire, Clive

Samurai Swords - A Collector's Guide: A Comprehensive Introduction to History, Collecting and Preservation - Of the Japanese Sword

$60.40
Author: Clive Sinclaire
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
Description
Japanese swords, particularly those wielded by famous samurai warriors, hold a continuing fascination for collectors of fine arts and historical military weapons. This book is designed to enhance one's appreciation for the wide variety of Japanese swords (as well as their related polearms), their manufacture and their preservation.

A fascinating opening chapter explains how the elite Samurai class dominated Japan for more than a thousand years, how technological and ideological advances overtook the Samurai in the 1860s, heralding a more up-to-date political and military system of governance, and how such changes affected Samurai sword design and manufacture.

Subsequent chapters present topics of greatest relevance to today's sword collector: namely, the modern Japanese sword; different types of swords and their construction and testing; collecting and studying Japanese swords (and the tremendously important etiquette involved); and techniques of preserving and polishing swords.

This book is beautifully illustrated with paintings, photographs, drawings, and maps. In addition, there is an in-depth glossary and useful tables explaining Japanese calligraphic symbols relating to swords, both of great value to the collector.

Author: Clive Sinclaire
Publisher: Tuttle Publishing
Published: 09/26/2017
Pages: 192
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 3.10lbs
Size: 12.00h x 9.30w x 1.00d
ISBN: 9784805314579

About the Author
Clive Sinclaire is an instructor in the kendo form of martial arts and has been collecting Japanese swords for more than forty years. He is Chairman of the To-ken Society of Great Britain and frequently writes articles on Japanese sword culture and collecting that are featured on the society's website (www.To-ken.com) as well as in magazines. He has become a frequent visitor to Japan in the course of his research and studies, and in particular to the NBTHK (Nihon Bijitsu To-ken Hozon Kyodai) sword shows.
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