Club
Available Nihontō Related Book List
Last updated: Tuesday, June 20, 2006
|
Title |
Author |
ISBN |
List |
Club |
Stock |
Order* |
Comments |
|
The
Connoisseur's Book Of Japanese Swords |
Kokan Nagayama |
4-7700-2071-6 |
$75 |
$43 |
Yes |
2 |
How to Kantei, Used in our study meetings |
|
The Art Of Japanese Sword Polishing |
Takaiwa, Kapp, Kapp & Yoshihara |
4-7700-2494-0 |
$45 |
$26 |
Yes |
5 |
Most detailed book on how to polish a Japanese sword. |
|
The Craft Of
The Japanese Sword |
Kapp, Kapp & Yoshihara |
4-7700-1298-5 |
$45 |
$26 |
Yes |
2 |
Best detail on how to make a sword and polish it |
The Japanese Sword
|
Sato |
4-7700-1055-9 |
$40 |
$23 |
Yes |
1 |
Good basic primer on swords |
|
Modern Japanese Swords And Swordsmiths * From 1868 To The Present |
Kapp, Kapp & Yoshihara |
4-7700-1962-9 |
$45 |
$26 |
Yes |
3 |
Show genealogy of modern Japanese sword smiths from Meiji to present. |
|
The New
Generation Of Japanese Swordssmiths |
Tamio Tsuchiko |
4-7700-1055-9 |
$55 |
$32 |
Yes |
3 |
Interviews with modern sword smiths. |
|
The Yasukuni Swords, Rare Weapons of Japan 1933-1945 |
Tom Kishida |
4-7700-2754-0 |
$45 |
$23 |
Yes |
5 |
Details on important smiths who worked at Yasukuni Shrine during war. |
|
An Illustrated. Encyclopedia Of Japanese Family Crests (Mon) |
|
4-88996-070-8 |
$35 |
$20 |
No |
8 |
8000 examples of Japanese family Mons |
|
Modern
Japanese Swordsmiths 1868-1945 |
John Scott Slough |
0-9707080-0-9 |
$125 |
$100 |
Yes |
5 |
Oshigata of major sword smiths during the war |
|
Token Bijutsu |
NBTHK |
0-9689730-3-5 |
$250 |
$200 |
Yes |
6 |
Reprint in two volumes of articles from NBTH Magazine on swords |
|
Kanzan
Japanese Sword Oshigata Dictionary |
Sato Kanzan |
New edition by Quality Communications |
$130 |
$120 |
Yes |
7 |
729 Oshigata on Shinto and later smiths, partly in English, all items in Romanji as well as Kanji |
* Order: Recommended reading order for beginners. Note: limited to this list only. There are other books that should be considered
|
Title |
Author |
ISBN |
List |
Club |
Stock |
Comments |
|
The
Unfettered Mind |
Takuan |
4-7700-2947-0 |
$19 |
$11 |
No |
Advice from Zen Master to Master Swordsman |
|
The Book of 5 Rings |
Miyamoto Musashi |
4-7700-2801-6 |
$19 |
$11 |
No |
Book on samurai tactics by the most famous samurai |
The Living Sword
|
Yagyu Munenori |
4-7700-2955-1 |
$19 |
$11 |
No |
Thoughts of master swordsman. |
Hagakure
|
Yamamoto Tsunetomo |
4-7700-2961-0 |
$20 |
$11 |
No |
Samurai Philosophy of the hard school. |
|
Bushidō |
Inazo Nitobe |
4-7700-2947-0 |
$19 |
$11 |
No |
Samurai Philosophy of the soft school. |
|
The Lone
Samurai The Life of Miyamoto Musashi |
William Scott Wilson |
4-7700-2942-X |
$24 |
$15 |
Yes |
Book on everything known about the most famous samurai. |
|
Castles of the Samurai “Power and Beauty” |
Jennifer Mitchelhill |
4-7700-2954-3 |
$35 |
$20 |
No |
Guide to still standing Japanese castles |
|
Edo, The City
That Became Tokyo |
Akira Naito |
0-7700-2757-5 |
$45 |
$25 |
No |
Cover the building of Edo over 3 centuries. |
|
Title |
Author |
ISBN |
List |
Club |
Stock |
Comments |
|
Classical
Fighting Arts Of Japan * A Complete
Guide To Koryu Jujutsu |
Serge Mol |
4-7700-2619-6 |
$35 |
$20 |
No |
Survey of most Japanese Jujutsu schools |
|
Classical Fighting Arts Of Japan * A Complete Guide To Weapons |
Serge Mol |
4-7700-2941-1 |
$40 |
$23 |
No |
Survey of various weapons used by the Samurai |
Samurai Fighting
Arts
|
Tanaka Fumon |
4-7700-2898-9 |
$32 |
$21 |
No |
Master of many Japanese weapon systems. |
Shinkage-Ryu
Sword Techniques Vol. 2
|
Watanabe Tadashige |
4-87040-926-3 |
$32 |
$21 |
No |
Philosophy of sword school. |
|
Kendo The Definite Guide |
Ozawa Hiroshi |
4-7700-2119-4 |
$35 |
$20 |
No |
Guide to Kendo. |
|
Stick
Fighting Techniques of Self Defense |
Hatsumi Masaali |
40-87011-475-1 |
$17 |
$10 |
No |
Ninja Master on how to use a stick. |
|
Total Stick
Fighting Shintaido Bojutsu |
Aoki Hiroyuki |
4-7700-2383-9 |
$27 |
$15 |
No |
Japanese staff & stick techniques |
|
Illuminated
Spirit |
Onuma Hideharu |
0-7700-1970-X |
$18 |
$10 |
No |
Conversations with a Kyudo Master |
Note:
These books are only available to our members as a service to help them acquire
sword and sword related books. These
books can be gotten even if they are not in stock. For out of town (i.e. Corresponding Member), these books may be ordered
by mail. There is a $3 s/h charge per
book to orders that are to be sent in the USA.
Out of USA will be cost of shipping plus a handling fee. Any member who wants to get one of these
books should send an email to club secretary at: jpro@ny-tokenkai.org
specifying which books. They should be
available at the next meeting for the member to pick up and pay for them. Books not in stock might require more than
one meeting to become available from the publisher. All the books above are brand new. Used books are noted.
There are of course many other books that could be on this list.