New Book Out. Modern Japanese Swords: The Beginning Of The Gendaito Era

[Kiipu]

18 Akihisa 昭久

19 Akinobu 昭信

20 Masatsugu 正次

21 Miyairi Akihira 宮入昭平

22 Hideaki 秀明

23 Hideaki 秀明

24 Yasutsugu 安次

25 Yasumitsu 靖光

26 Yasuhiro 靖廣

27 Yasuhiro 靖廣

28 Toshihiro 壽廣

29 Kunimori 國護

30 Yasuoki 靖興

31 Yasunobu 靖延

32 Yasunori 靖憲

33 Tsukamoto Okimasa 塚本起正

34 Kanenobu 兼延

[Stephen]

The Grave Digger strikes again

[PNSSHOGUN]

If you can find this book on sale for a nominal price it's worth buying for any collector interested in Gendai, having a decent (if not brief) overview of many top Gendai smiths. However it's also a rather frustrating book in many ways, as there are dozens of really top quality Gendai and Gunto mounts, yet the photos are pretty hopeless in the sense of showing any real detail.

 

The excellent articles produced on selected smiths and Gendai schools by @mecox are far more well researched and informative. Until the long awaited Gendai book by Markus Sesko eventuates, we are still left with a distinct lack of quality english reference books to draw upon.