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History, Evolution and Meaning of NBTHK sword papers

What a Trip! - The Travelogue of a Grateful American - By Joe Kraninger

Togishi Shigekazu Jimmy Hayashi: A Report and Interview, By Prof. Arnold Frenzel

NBTHK Shinsa standards for Swords Koshirae and Tosogu amended - May 19th 2015

Nihontocraft - Japanese Sword Question and Answer Archive

Still More Thoughts on Gendaito
Prepared for the Rochester Study Group, September 26, 1992, by Christopher Sly


Japan's Prefecture Level
Important Intangible Cultural Property


Izumi-no-Kami Kunisada and his Mei
by Tsuguyasu Wada and Danny Massey


Production Process and Composition of Gunsui-hagane

Isoroku Yamamoto and the sword-smith Sadayoshi Amada
by Junichiro Watanabe


Ryuminsai Kanetomo
Gendai-to research


The Koto Bingo Mihara School
by Allan H. Pressley


Research of Ji-gane
by Kawai Masaru


2008 version of NBTHK Shinsa Standards
by the NBTHK


Process of Producing Menuki - Images
by Tao Ichiro


Ura Nihon no Toko
by Yoshikawa Kentaro


Extreme Aratameshi
by Fukunaga Suiken


Nihonto & Tosogu Study Materials
by Yoshikawa Kentaro, Wakayama Takeshi


The Functionality of Nihonto
by Suishinshi Masahide


Guide Lines of Tsuba Collecting
by Kokubo Kenichi


Mino Gendaito
by Tokuno Kazuo, Tokotaikan


Yakinaoshi, re-temper
by Kurihara Hikosaburo Akihide


Kyo Go Kaji & the Mishina School
by Tokuno Kazuo, Tokotaikan


Nihonto Performance Lessens in Cold Weather
by Omura Kunitaro



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