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The Art of Japanese Sword PolishingАвторы:
Setsuo Takaiwa, Yoshindo Yoshihara, Leon Kapp, Hiroko Kapp192 страницы с ч/б иллюстрациями и фотографиями
Формат: 10,3" x 7,7" x 0,8"
Издатель: Kodansha International; First Printing edition (April 21, 2006)
Язык: Eng
ISBN-10: 4770024940
ISBN-13: 978-4770024947
Об авторах:
SETSUO TAKAIWA started his career as a sword polisher at the age of sixteen by apprenticing to Matsuo Fujishiro, who later became a Living National Treasure. He has won the Special Prize from the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords, one of the highest honors in the field, more than ten times. In 1980, Takaiwa received the title of Superior Craftsman and was designated a Living Treasure of Katsushika Ward in 2000. He has polished swords in the collections of major museums around the world, including the British Museum, the Boston Museum, and the Tokyo National Museum. Ise Shrine, one of the oldest shrines in Japan, calls on him regularly to help maintain their huge collections of historic swords.
LEON KAPP is a biologist working in the San Francisco Bay area. He has spent a considerable amount of time studying Japanese swords and is the coauthor, with his wife Hiroko and swordsmith Yoshindo Yoshihara, of The Craft of the Japanese Sword and Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths: From 1868 to the Present. HIROKO KAPP is a correspondent for the Tokyo-based Senken Shinbun news organization. The Kapps live in San Rafael, California.
YOSHINDO YOSHIHARA is ranked among the top swordmakers in Japan. His family has been making tools and swords for three generations, and his son, the fourth generation, now works with him in Tokyo. In addition to his studio in a suburb of Tokyo, Yoshindo has two workshops in Seattle and one in San Rafael, California.
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