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Jim Dawson
Swords of Imperial Japan
1868-1945
Cyclopedia Edition
by
Jim Dawson
448 pages
8 1/2 X 11 Hardbound
Over 900 Full Color
photographs
ISBN: 978-0-9719127-2-4
$125.00 USD
plus insured shipping
Stenger-Scott Publishing
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The Cyclopedia Edition is a greatly expanded revision of my 1996 sword book. Everything is new. Over 900 plus photographs are in color. Featured swords include kyu-guntō, cavalry swords, artillery swords, the army Red Cross sword, early naval
swords, youth organization swords, court swords, police bureau swords, fire
service swords, railroad swords, colonial empire swords, Manchukuoan swords,
and the sword pistols developed for the cavalry to add firepower to the Type 32
saber.
The best known swords of the Japanese military, the shin-guntō and kai-guntō of WWII, are presented in over seventy photographs. A Special Section features the gensui-tō, the 1918 sword awarded to field marshals and fleet admirals.
The Cyclopedia Edition draws heavily on Japanese government documents now
preserved as historical archives.
Collections featured are from the United States, Japan, Australia, Israel,
France, Britain, and Germany.
A decade of research and two years in actual production have resulted in the
finest of references, handsomely produced.
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