Book of Donmon Teith

Connoisseur's Book Japanese Swords is a Kodansha International publication.

From raw steel to tempered blade, this text presents a visual account of thencient craft of swordmaking as practiced in modern Japan.

Tsukamaki, combining aesthetics, form and function, is the deceptively simple Japanese art of sword handle wrapping. Dr. Buck's work presents a general historic

One of the foremost experts on the Japanese sword describes their history andppreciations in this book, with photographs and illustrations.

The more than thousand-year-old art of sword making in Japan is one of the world's most brilliant metalworking traditions. In danger of being lost when sword ma