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ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kanzan Sato] Hardcover First Edition The Japanese sword combines unbreakability, rigidity, and lethal cutting power, and it is in the resolution of these conflicting practical requirements that it emerges as a triumph of the forger's art. The mystique of the sword lingers on in our age of mechanized combat, but the aesthetic qualities for which swords are most valued by collectors today-the liveliness of the metal "skin," the confidence in every aspect of the design, the scrolling temper-line, the almost buoyant lightness of the hilt when the blade is held in the hand-all derive from what the Japanese sword demanded as a symbol of strength and as a weapon. As an instrument of clear persuasion, no other blade anywhere has ever been its equal.This volume, containing color and black-and-white plates, has been prepared as an introduction to the history and appreciation of the Japanese sword. Its author, until his death in 1978, was one of Japan's foremost sword experts, and his wide knowledge is here brought to bear on every aspect of sword lore, including forging techniques and problems of appraisal. Looking over the 1,500 years of sword history in Japan, Kanzan Sato notes how the major developments-the shift from the early straight blades to the tachi, which were longer curved blades slung edge downwards at the waist, to the familiar daisho pair of short and long swords worn by s ...
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha USA] Hardcover Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting. 0.73 [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha America, Incorporated] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. [Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha USA] Hardcover Buy with confidence! Book is in acceptable condition with wear to the pages, binding, and some marks within 0.73 [Amherst, NY, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha America, Incorporated] Hardcover Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. [Mishawaka, IN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha International, Tokyo 1989] Hardcover 26.5 x 18.5cms, 210pp, b/w & colour illusts, fine hardcover & dustwrapper The chapters are: the development of the Japanese sword; the appreciation of fine swords; the mounts of Japanese swords; metal sword-fittings; the making of a Japanese sword; sword appraisal; essential of sword care. [Sydney, NSW, Australia] [Publication Year: 1983]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha America, Inc] Hardcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. [Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1983]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha International, Tokyo, New York & London] Hardcover text clean and unmarked. binding tight. boards have some wear along bottom edges. edges of pages have light wear. mylar-covered dust jacket has very light wear. [Eugene, OR, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha USA] Hardcover First Edition 100% Customer Satisfaction Guaranteed ! The book shows some signs of wear from use but is a good readable copy. Cover in excellent condition. Binding tight. Pages in great shape, no tears. Not contain access codes, cd, DVD. [Suffolk, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1983]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha America, Inc] Hardcover Most items will be dispatched the same or the next working day. [Rossendale, LANCS, United Kingdom] [Publication Year: 1983]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kanzan Sato] Hardcover Gently used book with ongoing seller support until you're fully satisfied with your purchase. [Del Rio, TN, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha International, Tokyo] Hardcover Slight discolouration to spine and front cover. Colour plates and B&W photographs (154 illustrations). 26 x 7.5 cm. 210 pp. [ELMHURST, VIC, Australia] [Publication Year: 1983]
New, unread, in pristine dust jacket (from stock of closed bookstore); Orders received by noon Eastern Time ship same day from MD [6 days/wk] Date: 1997. Kodansha International ISBN 0870115626 9780870115622 [US]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha America, Inc, United States] Hardcover 209 s. illustriert Schutzumschlag leicht gebrauchsspurig___Einband/Schnitt leicht gebrauchs-/regal-/altersspurig, innen sehr guter Zustand, frei von Eintragungen/Makierungen___ ___Bücher aus Nichtraucherhaushalten___Achten Sie auf unsere Bilder___Exakte Versandkosten außerhalb Europas auf Anfrage.___ Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 900 Gebundene Ausgabe, Pappeinband [OPd.] [Mainz, RP, Germany] [Publication Year: 1983]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha International, c1983, 2022, Tokyo:] Hardcover Fine in tan and light green patterned paper covered boards with white text on the spine and white text and a chop on the front board. A small quarto of 10 1/8 by 7 1/8 inches. In a fine, unclipped dust jacket. 210 pages including an index, bibliography,glossary and text. Illustrated throughout with black and white and color images from photographs and from early works of art. [Deep River, CT, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha America, Inc, United States] Hardcover 209 s. illustriert Schutzumschlag leicht gebrauchsspurig___Einband/Schnitt leicht gebrauchs-/regal-/altersspurig, innen sehr guter Zustand, frei von Eintragungen/Makierungen___ ___Bücher aus Nichtraucherhaushalten___Achten Sie auf unsere Bilder___Exakte Versandkosten außerhalb Europas auf Anfrage.___ Sprache: Deutsch Gewicht in Gramm: 900 Gebundene Ausgabe, Pappeinband [OPd.] [Mainz, RP, Germany] [Publication Year: 1983]
Tokyo, New York, London Kodansha International and Shibundo 1983 Hard Cover Near Fine in Near Fine jacket 4to-over 9¾"-12" tall. 210 pp. Original yellow, green and gray boards, very bright and clean. Illust. w/ numerous color and b/w photos. Contents very nice.
Tokyo, New York, London: Kodansha International and Shibundo, Date: 1983. 210 pp. Original yellow, green and gray boards, very bright and clean. Illust. w/ numerous color and b/w photos. Contents very nice.. Hard Cover. Near Fine/Near Fine. 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall. 1983. Kodansha International and Shibundo ISBN 0870115626 9780870115622 [US]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha International and Shibundo, Tokyo, New York, London] Hardcover 210 pp. Original yellow, green and gray boards, very bright and clean. Illust. w/ numerous color and b/w photos. Contents very nice. [Gettysburg, PA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha International USA] Hardcover First Edition 1st edition, 6th printing, 1989; not as pictured [Pasadena, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
Kodansha America, Incorporated. Used - Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in clean, average condition without any missing pages. Kodansha America, Incorporated ISBN 0870115626 9780870115622 [US]
ISBN10: 0870115626, ISBN13: 9780870115622, [publisher: Kodansha USA] Hardcover Book is in NEW condition. 0.73 [Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.] [Publication Year: 1983]
Kodansha USA, Date: 1983-06-15. Hardcover. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1983. Kodansha USA ISBN 0870115626 9780870115622 [US]
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