Soshu Den Meisaku Shu - English Index

[eternal_newbie]

Two of my favourite Nihonto texts are the MEIHIN KATANAEZU SHUSEI and the SOSHU DEN MEISAKU SHU - both extra-large books with large, glossy photographs of masterwork blades and filled with expert commentary. It always bothered me that there's easily found English indexes available for the former, but not the latter, so I spent a bit of my free time skimming all the notes I've been collecting over the years of using the Soshu Den Meisaku Shu as a reference and put one together. It's probably not as vital now as it would have been when I first bought the book all those years ago (thanks to the rise of things like Google Lens) but I hope someone finds it useful.

 

If anyone notices any errors or omissions, please let me know either in here or via private message. Also, at some point I may revisit it and add more information such as blade length, smith rating and/or historical provenance.

 

Soshu Den Meisaku-Shu - English Index.pdf

[francois2605]

Excellent, thank you Rohan 

 

May I suggest uploading your file to the download section ? This should ensure users can easily find it in the future.

[Brian]

Well done and thanks Rohan! May I add it to the downloads section?

[eternal_newbie]

4 minutes ago, Brian said:

Well done and thanks Rohan! May I add it to the downloads section?

By all means, I wasn't sure if regular members could do that or if it had to be an admin. I'll be sure to remember next time.

[atm]

Thank you so much for sharing this index, Rohan! I got the book just last month, so this is super helpful for enjoying it.

[Katsujinken]

Thank you so much! I love this book too.