Das kunstgewerbe in Japan (1911) - Otto Kummel

[SSt]

Hi

Just stumbled across a little gem at http://www.archive.org

 

Das kunstgewerbe in Japan (1911) - Otto Kummel

(The Arts of Japan ?)

 

A 200+ page German language booklet which has sections on Japanese Sword Fittings, Armor, Ceramics, etc...

 

20 page section on Schwertschmuck (sword jewelery) which includes images of some very nice sword fittings (Tsuba, Kozuka, Menuki etc..) from various sources including ; the Hamburg Museum, as well as the Jacoby, Mosle and Oeder Collections of approx. 100 years ago.

 

A 14Mb PDF download. Heres the link.

 

http://www.archive.org/details/daskunstgewerbei00km

 

Enjoy.

[Ford Hallam]

Thanks, Steve...nice one

[Brian]

Great work Steve, thanks.

I'll add it to the useful articles list for download.

 

Brian