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The Craft of the Japanese Sword by Hiroko Kapp, Leon Kapp, Yoshindo Yoshihara

The Craft of the Japanese Sword Hiroko Kapp, Leon Kapp, Yoshindo Yoshihara ebook
Publisher: Kodansha International
Page: 171
Format: djvu
ISBN: 087011798X, 9780870117985

Kapp,Y.Yoshihara, (1987), “The Craft of the Japanese Sword”, Kodansha Europe Ltd. The Art of the Japanese Sword: The Craft of Swordmaking and its Appreciation $28.26. Combining the two makes a perfect storm of coolness. It is a beautiful, coffee-table sized book that goes over the process of making a sword from start to finish. Kendo, the “way of the sword,” is a Japanese sword-fighting martial art rooted in the craft of the country's most renowned warriors, the samurai. The Ninja Sword was a primary weapon of the Ninja assassins of old Japan. It took a Japanese smith with 40 years of experience six months and the equivalent of 20 swords' worth of steel to craft the weapon. Korehira Watanabe is one of the last thirty traditional sword makers left in Japan today. I mean, hell, The Order of the Stick had a star-metal sword subplot. A practical sword for attacking and L & H. A current museum exhibition hopes to capitalize on the anime's fandom by presenting weapons from the Evangelion series crafted by master Japanese sword smiths.