b.hennick Posted April 1, 2010 Report Posted April 1, 2010 Hello: I just finished reading a monograph published by Daniel (Kensho) Furuya in 1987. It was a great intro to horimono. The introduction states that this is one of a series of monographs that will eventually form a book. I Googled Daniel and found that he died in 2007. Does anyone know of other publications by Daniel Furuya? Did he publish the book he wrote about? Quote
Ted Tenold Posted April 1, 2010 Report Posted April 1, 2010 Barry, Daniel (aka; Kensho) Furuya did publish a book called "Kodo Ancient Ways: Lessons in the Spiritual Life of the Warrior/Martial Artist", but it focused mainly on Aikido and not specifically on swords. I don't recall any other books by him. The So. Cal. club may have published some articles by him. He was quite fond of Yagyu tsuba from what I remember. Quote
John A Stuart Posted April 1, 2010 Report Posted April 1, 2010 Furuya sensei, was a member of this board for a short while, in a previous incarnation. Sadly, he left after a relatively short time, due to people questioning his opinion, as if he was unlearned, rather than listening to his insight. Another book by him was, Autumn Lightning: The Education of an American Samurai by Dave Lowry and Daniel Furuya. Really, in this book he did the foreword. John Quote
Mark Green Posted April 1, 2010 Report Posted April 1, 2010 He was a great guy. Always ready to help people if they asked. Mark G Quote
b.hennick Posted April 2, 2010 Author Report Posted April 2, 2010 I was hoping to find more monographs by him as I learned from the one on horimono and hoped to learn more. I was not looking for a book on Aikido but thanks for the information. Quote
John A Stuart Posted April 2, 2010 Report Posted April 2, 2010 Hi Barry, Do you have an electronic copy of his monograph we could share? Thanks, John Quote
b.hennick Posted April 2, 2010 Author Report Posted April 2, 2010 Hi John: I only have a hard copy. It requests that the work is not copied so that the author can earn enough to publish a book. Quote
O koumori Posted April 2, 2010 Report Posted April 2, 2010 Barry, et al: Reverend Fuyura also published a pamphlet on an Exibition of swords from the Shitahara School that was held in December of 1995 in Los Angeles. it contains about 25 oshigata of swords and a couple of Jumanji-yari. Regards, Dan K. Quote
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