SHOSANKENSHU: List of Names, Kakihan Collected from Sword-Mounts.
JOLY, Henri L.
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Add to basketLondon 1985, Holland. Brown cloth, very good, unpaginated 7.5 x 10 inches, 1 inch thick, index, 2,900 names of artists in both Japanese & Romaji, amended edition, dj, as new,clean and solid copy, with likewise dust jacket. Essentially a dictionary of names and Kakihan. * The FIRST EDITION of this was RARE and done around 1919. . This edition is also quite scarce now. A most useful and valuable reference for any collector of Japanese swords guards [Tsuba] and sword furniture. . H. Joly died during the 1920 's and was probably the greatest European authority on Japanese sword mounts of his time. This is one of his most important works, which did not reach the public due to his untimely death. * This text is a vital addition to the library of the student of the Japanese sword and metal worker's art and is published for the first time as written in Joly's own hand, with out alteration of any form. * Loaded with excellent Japanese calligraphy and accurate line drawings of Kakihan. Interleaved with blank pages so the student may make his own notes. *** An essential reference for any student, dealer or scholar. ***.
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