The Art Of Japanese Sword Polishing - Hardcover

Kapp, Leon

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 4770024940 ISBN 13: 9784770024947

Verlag: Kodansha International Ltd, 2006

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Setsuo Takaiwa Yoshindo Yoshihara Leon Kapp Hiroko

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Reseña del editor:

To understand Japanese sword polishing is to understand the sword itself. This book examines in detail the polisher's techniques. It illustrates the methods, materials, and tools used for this process, but its true aim is to enable the reader to appreciate the beauty of a well-crafted Japanese sword. To understand Japanese sword polishing is to understand the sword itself. Through the centuries, the great connoisseurs have been polishers. A swordsmith can spend much time forging a classic sword, but refining and bringing out its final shape, colour and texture so that

Biografía del autor:

SETSUO TAKAIWA is one of Japan's top sword polishers and is called upon by museums around the world, from Boston's Museum of Fine Arts to the British Museum, to help maintain their historic sword collections. YOSHINDO YOSHIHARA is ranked among the top swordsmiths in Japan. His family has been making tools and swords for several generations. LEON and HIROKO KAPP have studied Japanese swords for decades and are co-authors, with Yoshindo, of The Craft of the Japanese Sword and Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths. The Kapps live in San Rafael, California. Yoshindo Yoshihara and Leon Kapp frequently lecture and give demonstrations in the United States.

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• Verlag: Kodansha International Ltd
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2006
• ISBN 10: 4770024940
• ISBN 13: 9784770024947
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 192