Book Review: Genealogies and Schools of Japanese Swordsmiths by Markus Sesko

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Book Review: Genealogies and Schools of Japanese Swordsmiths by Markus Sesko

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Title: Genealogies and Schools of Japanese Swordsmiths
Author: Markus Sesko
Publisher: Markus Sesko BOD, 2010
ISBN: 978-3-8391-8347-2
Language: English and German
Illustrations: Some black and white pictures of documents
Other: 124 pages, 29.5 cm by 21 cm, softcover
Topics: Nihontō
ID: B0231

Nice overview of the schools of Japanese sword smiths by specialized translator Markus Sesko.

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Is this THE book that people talk about?
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Piers, no. He has also a thick double (?) book with names of smiths, but that will not come up in my video series, sorry. Maybe somebody else in the forum has them and can give a glimpse or opinion?

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