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<p>[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 2776733, member: 14873"]I recommend the following book (written in English) for anyone wishing to study Nihonto blades in the most profound way:</p><ul> <li>Connoisseur's Book of Japanese Swords, Kokan Nagayama -- (Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1995.)</li> </ul><p>Nagayama sensei is designated a Living National Treasure in Japan -- a mukansa (without supervision) polisher and judge for the sword polishing and sword smithing competition of the Nihonto Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (NBTHK -- Society for the Preservation of Japanese Swords) in Tokyo. The translator of (and contributor to) the book, Kenji Mishina, is a top ranked sword polisher and student of Nagayama. He is designated by the Japanese government to restore and polish blades classified as kokuha (National Treasures). He was invited to England in the late 1980s by Clive Sinclaire, the Dean of British Nihonto collectors and renowned author, in order to lecture about and teach Nihonto polishing and appraisal (kantei). He was subsequently employed by the British Museum and invited by the British Royal Family to polish its (incredible) sword collection. If you really want to study and learn about Nihonto blades, this is the book to get.[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>
[QUOTE="jamesicus, post: 2776733, member: 14873"]I recommend the following book (written in English) for anyone wishing to study Nihonto blades in the most profound way: [LIST] [*]Connoisseur's Book of Japanese Swords, Kokan Nagayama -- (Kodansha International, Tokyo, 1995.) [/LIST] Nagayama sensei is designated a Living National Treasure in Japan -- a mukansa (without supervision) polisher and judge for the sword polishing and sword smithing competition of the Nihonto Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (NBTHK -- Society for the Preservation of Japanese Swords) in Tokyo. The translator of (and contributor to) the book, Kenji Mishina, is a top ranked sword polisher and student of Nagayama. He is designated by the Japanese government to restore and polish blades classified as kokuha (National Treasures). He was invited to England in the late 1980s by Clive Sinclaire, the Dean of British Nihonto collectors and renowned author, in order to lecture about and teach Nihonto polishing and appraisal (kantei). He was subsequently employed by the British Museum and invited by the British Royal Family to polish its (incredible) sword collection. If you really want to study and learn about Nihonto blades, this is the book to get.[/QUOTE]
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