THE JAPANESE
MATCHLOCK: A Story of the Tanegashima
Shigeo Sugawa (1991)
Sugawa's beautiful work on the Japanese matchlock
stands alone as the authoritative, English-language reference on the subject. Numerous color
photographs and prints.
152 pages, 11¼ x 8¾" hardcover |
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ZUKAI KOJUU JITEN
(Pictorial Dictionary of Old Firearms)
Japanese-language reference on firearms. Covers the earliest matchlock examples through early modern
firearms. Additional sections deal with sundries, restoration, and use. Extensively
illustrated in b&w photographs and diagrams throughout plus three color plates.
271 pages, hardcover with slipcase |
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Oslo Etnografiske
Museums
JAPANESE ORNAMENTED ARROW-HEADS
A.Fonahn (1931)
This monograph contains two offprints from the Oslo Ethnographic Museum Journal. The
second is an an early article on yanone, or arrow-heads, in English. Seven
pages in length, the article includes four photographic plates illustrating a total of 17
yanone.
18 pages, 8½ x 10¼" soft cover |
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