English Index for Nihonto Jiten by Tokuno Kazuo

[Uechi]

Looking for an English index for the subject book by Tokuno Kazuo. Does anybody have one or know where I can find one? Thanks

 

 

JDromm

[BIG]

Hi Jeffrey,

 

Member Leo Sells book and english index.

http://www.juwelier-strebel.de

 

Best Regards

[Uechi]

Hi Jeffrey,

 

Member Leo Sells book and english index.

http://www.juwelier-strebel.de

 

Best Regards

 

Thank you, but I already have the book and I assumed someone would have an index without charging for it. I went to the referenced website and it is in German. Even though there is a spot fro English when you click on it nothing happens.

[BIG]

Hi Jeffrey

 

Click on Inside Samurai or Samuraischwerter , english Version works.

 

May be PM member Leo and ASK for the index.

 

Good luck and Best Regards

[Uechi]

Thanks Peter. I'll have to contact him it doesn't show up on his website.

 

JDromm

[Grey Doffin]

Hi Jeff,

Nihonto Jiten is included in my Index of Japanese Sword Literature on the JSS/US website (jssus.org). If you want a stand alone index of just this book it is pretty easy to extract one.

Grey

[Uechi]

Hi Jeff,

Nihonto Jiten is included in my Index of Japanese Sword Literature on the JSS/US website (jssus.org). If you want a stand alone index of just this book it is pretty easy to extract one.

Grey

 

 

Grey I'm far from illerate when it comes to computers but just how do I go about extracting an index? I know the text is referenced in the JSSUS but I went to the site and couldn't find just the index. You can PM me. Thanks once again for all your help now and in the past.

 

JDromm

[Grey Doffin]

Hi Jeff,

jssus.org and click on JSL Index at the top. Click on the index of sword smiths and in the search box type NJ (the code for the book). This gives you 621 smiths with all the books they're found in. Copy and paste this into a word doc. Now go through the 621 and delete everything you don't want and you'll be left with what you do want: an index of just Nihonto Jiten. Goes quicker than you might expect.

A while back some of the guys here were doing this for different books and posting that their indexes could be had for an email. You might try a search of NMB for Nihonto Jiten to see if maybe someone has already done the book.

Grey

[george trotter]

Not to be a douchbag, but really, the best way to navigate Japanese Nihonto texts is to make yourself familiar with the kanji...After all, you have the kanji in front of you on the mei itself...work out the pronunciation and look it up from there. After a while, the basic group of "more common" mei kanji will become familiar and you won't need translated indexes....I'm just trying to point out the obvious...it worked for many of us...as I said, you already need to know how to pronounce the kanji to know where on the index you will find the page...why not go straight to the Japanese index...it will improve your skills further.

Always relying on English (or other) translations in the first instance means you are never becoming proficient in the basic building blocks od Japanese smith names.

No offence intended, just trying to point out the practical...

Regards,

[leo]

Hi, Jeff,

 

sorry for the English version of my site. Due to lack of time I have not updated it yet. I have the Nihonto Jiten index, though.

I have already extracted most of Greys index of sword literature. For all books on my site http://www.juwelier-strebel.de/asien-ku ... echer.html , marked with a star, I have an index available.

 

I do not sell these anyway, but will send them free of charge to NMB members. Just pm me your regular e-mail and I´ll send it to you.

 

Cheers, Martin

[Brian]

Or you could, of course, check our own articles section here: viewforum.php?f=17

Scroll down, look for the "book indexes" upload, and check inside there for some very handy indexes contributed by members, including the one you want.

Thanks Martin, nice offer too.

 

Brian

[Uechi]

Not to be a douchbag, but really, the best way to navigate Japanese Nihonto texts is to make yourself familiar with the kanji...After all, you have the kanji in front of you on the mei itself...work out the pronunciation and look it up from there. After a while, the basic group of "more common" mei kanji will become familiar and you won't need translated indexes....I'm just trying to point out the obvious...it worked for many of us...as I said, you already need to know how to pronounce the kanji to know where on the index you will find the page...why not go straight to the Japanese index...it will improve your skills further.

Always relying on English (or other) translations in the first instance means you are never becoming proficient in the basic building blocks od Japanese smith names.

No offence intended, just trying to point out the practical...

Regards,

 

I guess unlike some people I don't have instant learning and recall. Learning Kanji is something I am doing but it is not instantaneous or easy.In the interim, it helps to be able to navigate all Japanese texts and not to have to pour thru hundreds of pages to find the kanji you've learned or are looking for.Your points are well talen.