Articles from the "Magazine for historical weapons and costumes customer" from 1902-1981. An informative documentation about the medieval weapons of Japan. Not only historians and collectors of old Japanese weapons will find a wealth of interesting details here, but also martial artists from the fields of Kendô, Kenjutsu, Iaidô, Kyudô, Kobudô or Ninjutsu.
The volume contains interesting essays on the topic:
* The development of the Japanese guard sheet, by W. von Seidlitz
* The Weapons of Ancient Japan, by Gustav Jacoby
* Japanese sword blades, by Thomas Hoopes
* A Japanese short sword with "foreign" mounts, by A.R.E. North
* Considerations about inscriptions and signatures on Japanese sword accessories, by Klaus Leibnitz
* as well as additional explanatory comments on the individual articles and numerous drawings and illustrations.
Characteristics:
Editor: Tengu Publishing Wolfgang Ettig
Author: Wolfgang Ettig
1st edition 2008
Language: German
Softcover: 200 pages
Format: 19 x 24 cm
Numerous drawings
ISBN: 3-924862-13-8
