慶長以来新刀辨疑 Keichō Irai Shintō Bengi - 9 Volumes

[Baka Gaijin]

Here from the Smithsonian Libraries are the 9 volumes of Keichō Irai Shintō Bengi published in An'ei 8(1779).

 

I believe this is also known as Shinto Bengi Oshigata.

 

The format is Fukuro Toji (Doubled sheet spine stitched)

 

Volumes 1 - 3 are text, volume 4 onwards are the oshigata.

 

https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/keicho-irai-shinto-bengi

[Carlo Giuseppe Tacchini]

So many thanks  Malcom.   

[Brian]

Excellent find, thanks Malcolm!

[Ken-Hawaii]

Add to that: https://library.si.edu/digital-library/book/kokon-kaji-biko

[Baka Gaijin]

Well done Ken, the illustrations on pages 23, 35, 38& 41 look like those used in Sword and Same.

[Ken-Hawaii]

Thanks, Malcolm. You're right that those images look like they were used in Sword & Same, but you obviously look at that a lot more often than I do.

[Baka Gaijin]

[cisco-san]

Hello,

 

does somebody know if an translation index for the Keichō Irai Shintō Bengi exists - at least for the Oshigata part?

 

Thanks

Klaus