1721 Japanese Samurai Katana Woodblock Swords New Blade Makers Ryoko Kanda



An interesting Edo and Meiji woodblock-print of ‘New Blade Maker’s List.’ This collection is the stamping of amateur warriors’ blades and polishers throughout the Edo period and is equivalent to the sword of the Meiji era and later called "modern sword.". It follows up on the older collections of blade writings which summarized the accumulated knowledge of amateur warriors’ blades and polishers throughout the Muromachi period. After the battle of Sekigahara in Keicho 4 (AD 1599), the Tokugawa shogunate opened and war ended, demand and production methods for swords changed, and later works came to be called “new swords.”



This rare 1721 edition is written in a column handwritten format with furigana usage for easier reading. This edition contains excellent illustrations of different blades throughout!



Item number: #16512

Price: $499



KANDA, Ryoko



Shinba Meikan, New Blade Makers’ List (Arami-mei-zukushi) (新刃銘鑑) (あらみめいずくし)



[Yoshiemon Tsujii: Kanbei Takai, Kyoho 6 1721].



Details:

Collation: Complete with all pages;

References:

Waseda University # 05 00372 1-6

Keio University, Japanese Culture Through Rare Books

Iwanami, Kokusho So Mokuroku 86771

Language: Japanese

Binding: Softcover; tight and secure

Size: ~10in X 6.75in (25.5cm x 17.5cm)

Very rare and desirable



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