Brian Posted March 19, 2022 Author Report Posted March 19, 2022 A SUPERB article for the tsuba lovers, written and shared with us by Glen C. @GRC Thanks Glen, your articles are wonderful. Make sure to check it out folks. 1 Quote
GRC Posted March 19, 2022 Report Posted March 19, 2022 Thanks Brian, glad someone is enjoying them This one is a follow up to the NMB thread that was started about the meaning of a "beams" sukashi motif on a tsuba. As the thread grew, it seemed like a natural fit to expand it into just about any pattern that had "linear" motifs, so this article ended up including motifs with "Beams, Bars, Sticks and Rays". It's amazing how many ideas can be conveyed with just a few straight lines. 2 Quote
Okan Posted April 8, 2022 Report Posted April 8, 2022 Here are some books on tsuba making and design. I put them on my google drive as it makes it's easier to download. They are all free and available on archive.org https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1OGmr5k-KD_srD2j2R4FmNvImNi-sgVdj?usp=sharing 1 Quote
Brian Posted October 24, 2022 Author Report Posted October 24, 2022 A real gem uploaded today, shared with us by Malcolm Cox. @mecox hasn't just provided us with an article, this is a book! And an incredibly detailed one. Huge thanks from all of us Mal. The subject is the swordsmiths of Kaga province. I trust you will all join me in thanking Mal (and all the others that share with us their valuable research) 4 3 Quote
rematron Posted December 3, 2022 Report Posted December 3, 2022 I truly love the 'legend in Japanese art' book. I would love to own a physical copy of that. So glad to have discovered it here. I found some online and they're actually affordable! Yay! Quote
amarie Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 On 4/8/2022 at 5:26 PM, Okan said: Here are some books on tsuba making and design. I put them on my google drive as it makes it's easier to download. They are all free and available on archive.org https://drive.google...Ni-sgVdj?usp=sharing Hi Okan, any chance that this file is still available? Thanks! Quote
amarie Posted February 7 Report Posted February 7 On 3/22/2016 at 3:44 AM, Brian said: Thanks to Chris B, and some hard work from James in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=20946 I have been able to upload and share some of the Japanese books below. Please don't rush to grab them, the links will be here for a long time and no need to overload the server. I will add more as we discover and upload them. My thanks to those who found and shared the info. Brian Nihon Toko Jiten 日本刀工辞典 (Fujishiro), Koto Hen Nihon Toko Jiten 日本刀工辞典 (Fujishiro), Shinto Hen Shinto Shu, Hamon to Meiji 新刀集-刃文と銘字 (Fujishiro) Kinko Kantai Hikketsu 金工鑑定秘訣 (Yoshiaki) Nihon Soken Kinkoshi 日本装剣金工史 (Kuwabara) Nihon Soken Kinkoshi Main Part (Kuwabara) Nihon Tsuba toko roku 日本鐔刀工録 (Soemon) Senso to Tsuba 戦争と鐔 (Nagaoka) Soken Kinko Zufu 装剣金工図譜 (Wada) Tagane no Hana Goto Ichijo 鏨迺花 Tagane no Hana Main Book 鏨迺花 Tagane no Hana Nara Toshihisa 鏨迺花 Tagane no Hana Otsuki Mitsuoki 鏨迺花 Toban Shokan Kotetsu 刀盤賞鑑口訣 (Kanzan) Tsuba 100 shi Kougei zuan 鐔百姿 - 工芸図案 (Okuma) Yokoya Somin 横谷宗珉 (Soemon) Choshu Tsuba 長州鐔 (Soemon) Akasaka Tsubako Roku 赤坂鐔工録 Higo Kinko Roku 肥後金工録 (Nagaya) Hi Brian or Chris, any chance these files are still available? Thanks! Quote
Brian Posted February 7 Author Report Posted February 7 Some of them are still live here: https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/2062-interesting-book-article-and-pdf-downloads/ Any that aren't, let me know and I'll find and upload them again. Brian Quote
Reinier Posted February 9 Report Posted February 9 Is there a PDF version of Nihonto Koza by Afu? 1 Quote
O koumori Posted February 10 Report Posted February 10 An electronic version was available at one time on disc, to be used in conjunction with the paper version of the books. It did not contain any pictures; it was provided to enable electronic searches of the documents. Dan K Quote
George KN Posted March 10 Report Posted March 10 On 3/22/2016 at 7:44 AM, Brian said: Thanks to Chris B, and some hard work from James in this thread: viewtopic.php?f=1&t=20946 I have been able to upload and share some of the Japanese books below. Please don't rush to grab them, the links will be here for a long time and no need to overload the server. I will add more as we discover and upload them. My thanks to those who found and shared the info. Brian Nihon Toko Jiten 日本刀工辞典 (Fujishiro), Koto Hen Nihon Toko Jiten 日本刀工辞典 (Fujishiro), Shinto Hen Shinto Shu, Hamon to Meiji 新刀集-刃文と銘字 (Fujishiro) Kinko Kantai Hikketsu 金工鑑定秘訣 (Yoshiaki) Nihon Soken Kinkoshi 日本装剣金工史 (Kuwabara) Nihon Soken Kinkoshi Main Part (Kuwabara) Nihon Tsuba toko roku 日本鐔刀工録 (Soemon) Senso to Tsuba 戦争と鐔 (Nagaoka) Soken Kinko Zufu 装剣金工図譜 (Wada) Tagane no Hana Goto Ichijo 鏨迺花 Tagane no Hana Main Book 鏨迺花 Tagane no Hana Nara Toshihisa 鏨迺花 Tagane no Hana Otsuki Mitsuoki 鏨迺花 Toban Shokan Kotetsu 刀盤賞鑑口訣 (Kanzan) Tsuba 100 shi Kougei zuan 鐔百姿 - 工芸図案 (Okuma) Yokoya Somin 横谷宗珉 (Soemon) Choshu Tsuba 長州鐔 (Soemon) Akasaka Tsubako Roku 赤坂鐔工録 Higo Kinko Roku 肥後金工録 (Nagaya) I've just stumbled across this amazing thread for the first time, and downloaded a bunch of the pdf's for study later. However, none of these ones seem to work anymore When I use the link provided above (https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/2062-interesting-book-article-and-pdf-downloads/) I get this: Quote
Brian Posted March 10 Author Report Posted March 10 Most of the good ones have been moved to the downloads section, when we changed to the new software long ago. Any missing ones, I can re-upload. 1 Quote
cisco-san Posted March 15 Report Posted March 15 On 3/16/2021 at 9:38 AM, SalaMarcos said: Dear friends, I hope you'll find interesting the following article I published last year and translated just yesterday. https://www.academia...do_period_1603_1868_ Hello, I am looking for this article, but can´t find it to download. thanks Klaus Quote
Brian Posted March 15 Author Report Posted March 15 Works fine for me. I hope Marcos doesn't mind if I add it here. Study_on_the_monetary_value_of_Japanese.pdf Quote
cisco-san Posted March 19 Report Posted March 19 On 3/15/2024 at 3:01 PM, Brian said: Works fine for me. I hope Marcos doesn't mind if I add it here. Study_on_the_monetary_value_of_Japanese.pdf 566.18 kB · 5 downloads many thanks Brian! Quote
Abaris Posted May 2 Report Posted May 2 I do not know if this link is already posted but it's good info (I think so): http://www.ksky.ne.j...e99/information.html Also this one about menukis, kinds and history: https://swordis.com/blog/types-of-menuki/ 2 Quote
Brian Posted July 7 Author Report Posted July 7 Malcolm Cox @mecox has graciously shared with us another of his important and extensive books (this is way beyond an article) about the Fukuoka Prefecture smiths and the Kokura arsenal. Find it in the downloads section. Thanks go out to Mal, and all the others who share their research. This is, as always, a detailed and interesting research work. Enjoy all. 3 1 Quote
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