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PDF of Joly's "Legend in Japanese Art" - it's a big read with lots of side references. Two versions 

https://archive.org/details/legendinjapanese00jolyuoft

https://archive.org/details/legendinjapanese00joly_1

 

Also  https://www.abebooks.com/servlet/BookDetailsPL?bi=30882826059&cm_sp=rec-_-pd_hw_i_1-_-bdp&reftag=pd_hw_i_1

Sculpture on Japanese Sword-fittings

Brinkley, Captain F. 1908 [reprint 2017]

Virtually no illustrations in the book however.  [I should know, I republished it!]

Do not buy this book for more than $10 - you will be ripped off!

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"Tsuba - Kodogu Gadai Jiten" is possibly the best reference book for subjects from Japanese artistic tradition in tōsōgu, and quite easy to find. Unfortunately it's written in Japanese.
I tryed to compile an index. See here: https://www.militaria.co.za/nmb/topic/31049-tsuba-kodogu-gadai-jiten/#comment-317709

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My fave: 

 

Shigeo Fukushi -- The Art Appreciation of Japanese Sword Fittings.  417pp.  2012.  Soft cover.  6,000 JY.

300+ items photographed in color with each theme explained both in Japanese (more) and English (less, but adequate).  Table of contents in English, but no index.

I got my copy from the NBTHK Sword Museum in Tokyo. Not sure where to point online.  Perhaps one of our "agents" in Tokyo could get it.

 

Les

 

Fukushi 1.jpg

Fukushi2.jpg

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