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The Japanese Sword

Categorie	Wapens
Boeknummer	#363693-KG6
Titel	The Japanese Sword
Auteur	Sat?, Kanzan
Boektype	Gebonden hardcover met stofomslag
Uitgeverij	Tokyo/New York/London : Kodansha International
Jaar van uitgave	1983
ISBN10	0870115626
ISBN13	9780870115622
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Original boards dust jacket, illustrated with numerous (full page) photographs in colour and b/w, 4to.
Samenvatting	One of the foremost experts on the Japanese sword describes their history and appreciations in this book, with photographs and illustrations. The Japanese sword combines unbreakability, rigidity, and lethal cutting power, and it is in the resolution of these conflicting practical requirements that it emerges as a triumph of the forger's art. The mystique of the sword lingers on in our age of mechanized combat, but the aesthetic qualities for which swords are most valued by collectors today-the liveliness of the metal skin,' the confidence in every aspect of the'
Pagina's	210
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 25,00

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