Hi all, this important tachi, the Ima Aranai Ichimonji has three sayagakis, the oldest one with Honami
Heijuro, Honami Nisshu and Honami Choshiki writings...
Do we have other sayagakis with plenty Honami expertises... http://www.nihonto.com/AraIchi.html
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Hi, in searching for Tsuguhira Takahashi find that int. blade and story...
http://www.samuraisword.com/nihontodisplay/shinsakuto/Okubo_Kazuhira/index.htm
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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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