A two-volume work containing 161 examples of the greatest group of Meiji-period masterpieces in metal ever assembled, decorated in an astonishing variety of virtuoso techniques and drawing on Chinese and japanes history, legend and religion. The volume of selected essays is supplied free with this volume.
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Victor Harris recently retired as Keeper of the Department of Japanese Antiquities in the British Museum. He is a world expert on Japanese swords and is the author of "Shinto: The Sacred Art of Ancient Japan and Japanese Imperial Craftsmen" and co-author of "Swords of the Samurai "and "Japanese Art: Masterpieces in the British Museum."
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