HIE JINJA NO TOKEN book

[lonely panet]

greetings peaple, 

 

is there a translation for the above mentioned book??

 

regards Hamish

[Grey Doffin]

Not that I'm aware of.  Grey

[lonely panet]

oh, that sucks. its a nice book but would it be worth the funds to translate or not?

[SteveM]

How many words? Figure a cost of approximately 25 - 30 yen per character for a specialized field such as antiques, and multiply by character count, and you will get an idea of how much it would cost to have it translated. 

[Jussi Ekholm]

I have the book, are you looking for some specific information from it?

 

The book itself is focused on 24 swords owned by Hie Jinja. (there are actually only 21 numbered entries but there are two Ichimonji tachi, two Nagamitsu tachi and 2 Yasutsugu katana that share an entry number. Hie Jinja owns a number of splendid swords and in this publication, 1 Kokuhō, 14 Jūyō Bunkazai and 1 Jūyō Bijutsuhin are presented along with some very interesting non-designated items.

 

It is highly specialized book and I might recommend aiming for getting item(s) that are the most fascinating to you translated if you go with that route, as full translations can get quite expensive, even though this book doesn't have too much text in it.

[lonely panet]

i was hoping for a full translation, but yes costly.

 

i realy enjoy the book, but i cant say i would be studing any of the swords closely,  purely because there all beyound my level of knowledge or access to handle. 

 

ill re look the contents before asking for more information form you Jussi. 

thankyou all for your help