ART AND THE SWORD
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Volume 1, 1988, 106 pages, 8 1/2 x 11, many b/w illustrations, paper cover
Contents: Hizen by R. B. Caldwell; Hizen-to by Charles Lee, James
McElhenny, and Bruce Kowalski; Hizen-to Oasigata by JamesMcElhinney and
Bruce Kowalski; The Evolution of Bizen-Den by Graham J. Curtis; The
Development of Bizen Choji by Craig A. Bird; Awataguchi Omi no Kami
Tadatsuna by N. Ogasawara and T. Iiida
Volume 2, 1989, 130 pages, 6 x 9, many b/w illustrations, paper cover
Contents: Swords of Owari by Kantaro Yoshikawa, Translated by Gordon
Robson; The Yamashiro Tradition of of Sword Making by Kensho Furuya;
Benjamin Smith Lyman and the Geological Survey of Japan (1872-1879) by Roy
Goodman; Metallurgical and Other Features of Japanese Swords given December
6, 1895 by Benjamin Smith Lyman
Volume 3, 1990, 110 pages, 6 x 9, many b/w illustrations, paper cover
Contents: Owari Tsuba by Wakayama Homatsu; Thoughts Regarding Tsuba as
Predecessors of Akasaka Tsuba by Matsumoto Seiji; Shinto Yokoyama Bizen-To
by Bruce W. Kowalski; Additional Oshigata for Study of Yokoyama Bizen-To by
Bruce W. Kowalski
Volume 4, 1991, 110 pages, 6 x 9, many b/w illustrations, paper cover
Contents: The Characteristics of Kyushu Shinto by Kentaro Yoshikawa;
Random Thoughts on Hizen Swords by Ginsaku Kataoka
Volumes 5 & 6, 1995, 130 pages, 6 x 9, many b/w illustrations, paper
cover
Contents: Kanto Zuikan (Random Thoughts on Example Swords) Umetada Myoju by
Kataoka Ginsaku; Example Blades of Umetada School by Yoshikawa Koen:
Kanto Zuikan Horikawa Kunihiro by Kataoka Ginsaku; Example Blades of the
Korikawa Kunihiro School by Yoshikawa Koen; The End of the Shogunate and
the Swords of Katsumura Norikatsu by Dale B. Garbutt
Volume 7, 1997, 114 pages, 6 x 9, many b/w illustrations, paper cover
Contents: Kyoto Gokaji Zakkan (Impressions of the Five Smith of Kyoto) by
Yoshikawa Koen; Kanto Zuikan-the Mishina Den (Random Thoughts on Example
Swords) by Kataoka Ginsaku; The Pioneer (Genso) Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi by
Mori Shigetaka; Kokoan Katana Banashi (Speaking of Swords at an Antiquarian
Retreat) Personal Opinions on O-Kanemichi and Omi no Kami Hisamichi by Konno
Shigeo; Main Branch Study Reports-The Mishina School by Yoshikawa Koen;
When Did Osaka Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi Receive His Title by Han Bin Song
Volume 8, 2001, 106 pages, 6 x 9, many b/w illustrations, paper cover
Contents: Sengo Masamura by Kataoka Ginsaku; The Sengo School by
Kataoka Ginsaku; The Tonbo-Giri Yari and its Manufacture, Compiled and
Translated by Gordon Robson with Additional Comments by the Translator