Koshirae Book available now in English

[Markus]

Hi everybody,

 

I would like to announce that the English version of my recently published

book on Koshirae - Japanese Sword Mountings is out now.

 

I quote from the blurb:

 

With this publication I try to systematically and comprehensively process the subject „Japanese sword mountings“. It was not my goal to depict as many extant interpretations of sword mountings as possible but to deal with the different forms of them. With this publication the reader should be informed in which way Japanese swords were mounted over the time, where were the origins of the various forms, what changes did they undergo and it should also serve as reference material to classify extant specimen. In this sense the descriptions were embedded in an explanation of the historical context rather then listing them just by their interpretation or in an alphabetical order. As the main focus lies on „koshirae“, an explanation of the sword fittings – the tosogu – was omitted, because descriptions of them can be easily found elsewhere. Also the military mountings – the gunto-koshirae – were left out because there are excellent publications available which deal with them in great detail.

 

Paperback, 202 b/w pages, 6.63" x 10.25", Price 49.15 $

 

http://www.lulu.com/shop/markus-sesko/k ... 66513.html

 

 

And the eBook (PDF for Adobe Digital Editions) is available here:

 

http://www.lulu.com/shop/markus-sesko/e ... 66537.html

 

Thank you for your attention.

[Kam]

This is great to hear , there is very little available on the market concerning Koshirae. There is a lot of interest in koshirae but most books are blade oriented I hope this generates a bit more. I remember when the only info available was through Japanese sales catalogs and unless you knew Japanese they offered nothing more than pretty pictures. Looking forward to having a read.

 

Regards

 

Kam

[myochin]

Just finished reading my copy and this is really a MUST for any library. It gives clear explanations, descriptions and evolutions of all the different styles of koshirae that have existed, with many illustrated. An excellent reference.

 

Many thanks for the great work Markus !!

 

Paul.

[b.hennick]

Lulu is having a one day sale 30% off with the code REDEMPTIO and if you are a big spender and spend over $750 DELIRITAS will get you 35% off. I just bought three of Markus' books in English for less than $100 - This is a great deal!

[Jussi Ekholm]

I agree with others, this book is a real gem. I especially love how there is so strong focus in pre-Edo koshirae styles, as they intrest me the most. Like Paul said this is a must have, so much excellent information in this book.

[Toryu2020]

i have both the paperback and the eBook.

terrific stuff here. the only regret is the the paper has no color images and the electronic images are not a higher resolution.

love all that I have read so far.

-t