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The Craft of the Japanese Sword
Leon Kapp
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Description for The Craft of the Japanese Sword
Hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages, Black and White Photographs Throughout. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 191 x 17. Weight in Grams: 754.
Well over a thousand years old, the tradition of swordmaking in Japan is one of the most highly regarded metal crafts in the world. When all sword manufacture was prohibited in Japan for seven years after World War II, the age-old techniques were in danger of being lost forever. Today, in the hands of a new generation of practitioners, the craft is making a startling comeback. Connoisseurs say that the swords being produced now are the equal of anything made in Japan in the past few hundred years. This book takes the reader into the workshops of four ... Read more
Well over a thousand years old, the tradition of swordmaking in Japan is one of the most highly regarded metal crafts in the world. When all sword manufacture was prohibited in Japan for seven years after World War II, the age-old techniques were in danger of being lost forever. Today, in the hands of a new generation of practitioners, the craft is making a startling comeback. Connoisseurs say that the swords being produced now are the equal of anything made in Japan in the past few hundred years. This book takes the reader into the workshops of four ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
Kodansha America, Inc United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Weight
745g
Number of Pages
168
Place of Publication
, United States
ISBN
9781568364315
SKU
V9781568364315
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About Leon Kapp
LEON KAPP is a molecular biologist at the University of California in San Francisco. He has studied swordmaking in Japan at the forge of the swordsmith Yoshindo Yoshihara. HIROKO KAPP was active as a graphic artist in Tokyo for ten years and is now a correspondent for the Tokyo-based Senken news organization. The Kapps live in San Rafael, California. ... Read more
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