in the US and Europe. Useful for all of us beginners. May be more treasures still sleeping here and
there...
http://www.francisboyd.com/monogatari.htm
here is the Nakajima Munejoshi story. Best Regards
Hi, ibis feathers for the Sugarino-OnTachi hilt...
https://heritageofjapan.wordpress.com/2013/01/24/the-sacred-sword-of-the-ise-grand-shrines-to-be-renewed/
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Hi, nice book esp. about australian and new zealand collections...
https://digital.library.adelaide.edu.au/dspace/bitstream/2440/84054/8/02whole.pdf
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Hi all, here is a nice pdf about books from the edo period...
http://uknowledge.uky.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1058&context=libraries_facpub
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This is an int. Pdf with thoughts about swordmanship...
http://epublications.marquette.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1180&context=hist_fac
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Hi, saw an echizen-seki wakizashi on a german sellers site. Curious about....
http://www.juwelier-strebel.de/asien-kunst/Japan/wakizashi-tanto.html
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Christies ....
https://onlineonly.christies.com/s/Japanese-art-english-court/rare-namban-kabuto-bachi-european-influenced-helmet-bowl-15/13647
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Hi, almost impossible...
here is a 6. generation shinshinto tanto http://www.motorcycle-memories.com/store/Japanese-Samurai-Sword-Katana-Tanto-With-Original-19th-Century-Koshirae-_231282029986.html
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