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1959 Volume 1 Number 1
Retrospect and Prospect - Page 1
Juyo Token Nado Zufu, Index, translated by John M. Yumoto - Page 5
The Kaido (old Highways) and Kuni (Provinces) by John M. Yumoto - Page 9
Lectures on the Sword: I, by Albert Yamanaka - Page 12
Flaws in Sword Blades (diagram from Joly) - Page 16
1969 Volume 8 Number 1 - SURVEY OF THE HISTORY OF JAPANESE SWORD FITTINGS
[Translated from the German by Helga E. Reap and Alan L. Harvie,
and taken from Shinkichi Hara's Die Meister der japan- ischen Schwertzieraten (Hamburg: Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe in Hamburg, 1931).] - Page 1
1969 Volume 8 Number 1 The Kodogu (Sword Fittings) of Kano Natsuo
THE KODOGU (SWORD-FITTINGS) OF KANO NATSUO by Albert Yamanaka - Page 19
1969 Volume 8 Number 1 Tosogu Diagram - Translated and Redrawn by Alvan L. Harvie
Diagram of the Most Important Schools Whose Influence Determined the Beginning of Styles after 1750- Page 24
1969 Volume 8 Number 1 Yasuchika
Yasuchika - A Lecture by John Yumoto -Page 25
1969 Volume 8 Number 1 Sword Sentiment
Sword Sentiment- Page 42
1969 Volume 8 Number 1 History of Kendo
A BRIEF HISTORY OF KENDO by Benjamin H. Hazard, Jr- Page 45
1970 Volume 8 Number 2
Shinkichi Hara by Otto Kuymmel
Translated by Helga E. Reap and Alan L. Harvie
1970 Volume 8 Number 2
Contributions to the Register of the Masters of Japanese Sword Mountings by Shinkichi Hara
By Edgar Franckel Translated by Helga E. Reap and Alan L. Harvie
1970 Volume 8 Number 2
A Collection of Artists Seals (Han and Kakihan)
in Microphotographic Reproduction
by Martin Kuznitzky, translated from the German by Alan L. Harvie - Pg 46
1971 Volume 9 Number 1
A Collection of Artists Seals (Han and Kakihan)
in Microphotographic Reproduction
by Martin Kuznitzky, translated from the German by Alan L. Harvie - Pg 7
1971 Volume 9 Number 1
MARKETING PATTERNS PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
by Randolph B. Caldwell
1971 Volume 9 Number 1 Pg 17
JAPANESE SWORDS IDOLIZED BY JAPANESE WOMEN
by Naohiro Takahashi
1971 Volume 9 Number 1 Pg 19
JAPANESE PATINAS AND METAL COLOURING
by H Wilson
1971 Volume 9 Number 1 Pg 26
JAPANESE METAL WORKING
A lecture Delivered to the Students of the Central School of Arts and Crafts
by Prof. Unno Bisel of the Fine Art College, Tokyo
1971 Volume 9 Number 1 Pg 31
An Interview with Morihiro Ogawa(NBTHK)
Transcribed by R.C. Hartman (JSS/US)
1971 Volume 9 Number 1 Pg 36
How to Make a Habaki (Nakajima Muneyoshi)
by James Mitchell
1972 Volume 4 Number 2 Newsletter March-April
Masazane, Saneyuki, Yamanaka QandA and more
1972 Volume 4 Number 3 Newsletter May-June
Morihiro Ogawa, a Joint work by Kiyomitsu and Sukesada, and more...
1972 Volume 4 Number 4 Newsletter July-August
Kawaji Hiromiitsu, Yamanaka Info Pool and more...
1972 Volume 4 Number 5 Newsletter September-October
Commentary, Yamanaka Info Pool, Bungo Masumori, Izumo_no_Kami_Yoshitake and more...
1972 Volume 4 Number 6 Newsletter November-December
Board Meeting, Token KenKyu Kai, Yukimitsu, Stolen Swords and more...
34 Page BULLETIN December 1972
Bulletin Muramasa,Titles of Swordsmiths, Kakihan, Gendato and Tanto.
1973 Volume 5 Number 1 Newsletter January-February
Pricing Guidelines, Sasano Masayuki Book Review, Hizen Tadahiro and more.
1973 Volume 5 Number 2 Newsletter March-April
Misc. and Akasaka Tsuba
1973 Volume 5 Number 3 Newsletter May-June
Misc. Owari Tsuba, Onin Tsuba and Hizen Tadahiro
1973 Volume 5 Number 4 Newsletter July-August
Meeting Minutes, Sendai Yamagane tsuba, Owari tsuba, Chikuzen Nobukuni Yoshikuni Tanto
1973 Volume 5 Number 5 Newsletter September-October
Truman Masamune, Bizen Norimitsu
1973 Volume 5 Number 6 Newsletter November-December
Tanto Translation, Report on the times by Caldwell, Cutting test blade by Sadayuki
1973 50 Page Bulletin
Museo Orientale, Beginning Tsuba Collecting, Token Kenkyu Kai, Kao Artists Seals
1974 Vol 6 Nunmber 1 January-February
Making of the Samurai, Smithsonian Collection, Chikei Inazuma Kinsuji Sunagashi, Mishina Study, Reprort on the Times, Ikkansai Shigetsugu
1974 Vol 6 Number 2 March-April
Tanto book by Suzuki, John Yumoto, Inoue Shinkai, Yamanaka
1974 Vol 6 Number 3 May-June
Colonel Cadwell Bust Dedication, Report on Yamada Hide
1974 Vol 6 Number 4 July-August
Yasukuni Shrine Yasunori Gendaito, Hizen Yondai Tadayoshi
1974 Vol 6 Number 5 September-October
Officers Meeting, Owari Nobutsugu, Kaga Iyetada
1974 Vol 6 Number 6 November-December
Auction Report, Kaifu Ujiyoshi,Yamanaka on Polishing
1974 57 Page BULLETIN
Mishina Oshigata US NBTHK Shinsa Christian Theme.(missing part)
1975 Vol 7 Number 1 Newsletter January-February
Election Results, Prospects, Christian Tsuba
1975 Vol 7 Number 2 Newsletter March-April
Sadateru, JSSUS meeting, Japan Trip etc...
1975 Vol 7 Number 3 Newsletter May-June
Letter from the New Chairman, How To Make Oshigata, Christian Tsuba..
1975 Vol 7 Number 4 Newsletter July-August
Peabody Museum Tsuba Book, Polishing Talk by Bob Benson, Mud used in Forging by Ed Dobrzanski..
1975 Vol 7 Number 5 Newsletter September-October
Chairman Report by Arnold Frenzel, Sashikomi Polish by Bob Benson, NBTHK Annual Meeting
1975 Vol 7 Number 6 Newsletter November-December
Chairman Report by Arnold Frenzel, Nidai Monju Shigekuni by Bob Benson, Q and A, NBTHK Annual Meeting
1975 42 Page BULLETIN (Part 1)
Kaneiye Tsuba, Sword Etiquette and Care, Japanese Lacquer, A Swords Travels, How to make Oshigata, Artist Seals...
pages 43-52 of the BULLETIN (Part 2) December 1975
The Inaka (waikmono) Smiths by Yamanaka, Three Years in the Land of the Tycoon by David Pepper
1976 Vol 8 Number 1 Newsletter January-February
Society Questionnaire Report, Sword Show, Stolen Tachi, Tsuguhira
1976 Vol 8 Number 2 Newsletter March-April
Compton Collection, Birmingham Sword Show, Sword Tour of Japan by David Pepper
1976 Vol 8 Number 3 Newsletter May-June
STL 1976 Show, Study of Nie and Nioi, Yamashiro Daijo Kunitsugu with Cutting Test
1976 Vol 8 Number 4 Newsletter July-August
1976 Token Taikai, Nie and Nioi, Ishido Korekazu, Armour Stand
1976 Vol 8 Number 5 Newsletter September-October
Gensaemon Nobukuni, Beginning Collectors Reading list, Nie and Nioi
1976 Vol 8 Number 6 Newsletter November-December
1976 Chicago Show Report, Japan Trip Report, Bizen Yukimitsu Tanto, Nie and Nioi
1976 BULLETIN 35 pages
THE TWENI1Y-FIFTH NBTHK MEETING: SOME PERSONAL IMPRESSIONS AND NOTES. by Dr . Robert M. Lewert
TSUKlJROI by Dr. Keith Evans
JAKUSHI TSUBA: AN AMERICAN COLLECTORS VIEW by Michael A. Quigley
LECTURES ON THE SWORD (reprinted from Bulletin Vol.3 No.l) by Albert Yamanaka
1977 Vol 9 Number 1 Newsletter January-February
Important_Message from Dr.Honma, Evolution of Tsuba by Keith Evans, Echizen Yasutsugu, Prints by Ronald Knutsen
1977 Vol 9 Number 2 Newsletter March-April
Tatara Donation, St. Louis Japanese Garden, Saotome Kabuto, Teimei Tsuba, Momogawa Nagayoshi
1977 Vol 9 Number 3 Newsletter May-June
Treasure Swords of Japan,Japanese and Tsukuroi by P Bleed, Momokawa Nagayoshi, Shimada Yoshisuke
1977 Vol 9 Number 4 Newsletter July-August
West Point Exhibit, Horimono, Fujishiro Interview (some pages missing from original)
1977 Vol 9 Number 5 Newsletter September-October
Stolen Fairhaven Sword, Tsuba and Menuki by Jiritsusai Tomohide, Mishina Naomichi, Yoshihara and Fujishiro Interview
1977 Vol 9 Number 6 Newsletter November-December
Chariman's Report, Editor's Comments, NBTHK Info, Satauma Yukimitsu, Miyoshi Nagamichi, NBTHK Tatara, Bishu Masaiye Naginata Naoshi
1977 / 1978 BULLETIN 70 pages
WHAT DOES IT MEAN THAT THE NIHONTO IS A FINE ART?: CONNOISSEURSHIP, TASTE AND APPRAISAL
AKIHIRA MIYAIRI (from Living National Treasures of Japan -1973)
A STUDY ON THE DIFFERENCES OF THE VARIOUS GENERATIONS OF HIZEN (PROVINCE) MASAHIRO (Token B1jutsu -1975)
POLEARMS
TANTO MONOGATARI -THE STORY OF TANTO SWORDS (a Translation)
THE SOSHU TRADITION
THE SWORD OF JAPAN: ITS HISTORY AND TRADITIONS (Asiatic Society of Japan paper -1882)
CANADA IS MY KATANA
OSAFUNE SWORDSMITHS OF BIZEN PROVINCE DURING THE SHINTO AND SHINSHINTO PERIODS
SUKESADA LINEAGE
GLOSSARY OF SWORD TERMS
1978 Vol 10 No 1 Newsletter January-February
Birmingham Sword Show, Bizen Morimitsu, Repatination of Shakudo and Shibuichi, Rai Kunitoshi, John Yumoto, Juyo Shinsa
1978 Vol 10 No 2 Newsletter March-April
Passing of Dr. Sato, Juyo Shinsa report, How to use Fujishiro books, Soshu Hiromitsu, Birmingham show with Dr. Suiken Fukunaga, Tokubetsu Juyo Norishige
2016 Volume 48 Number 1
Tsuba Signed Bushu Ju Yasuchika by Robert Hanyes Page 6
Forgotten Moments In History Rare Photos Emerge From Collection Archive By Robert Earhart - Page 38
2016 Volume 48 Number 2 Kantei
Real Life Kantei of swords , part 8: Oei Bizen Swords – What we read and what we see. By W.B. Tanner and F.A. B. Coutinho Page 6
2016 Volume 48 Number 2 Koshirae Restoration
Restoring Armour and Swords – By I. Bottomley, F. A. B. Coutinho, B. Hennick and W. B. Tanner - Contrasting Points of View Part D: Koshirae Page 19
2016 Volume 48 Number 2 Soten Tsuba
Study of a SŌTEN Tsuba By Luca Zanichelli Page 33
2016 Volume 48 Number 3 Kantei
Real Life Kantei of swords , part 9: The History of Two Tanto. By W.B. Tanner and F.A. B. Coutinho Page 6
2016 Volume 48 Number 3 Higo Misumi Menuki
Study of Excellence: Misumi Menuki by David Stiles Page 12
2016 Volume 48 Number 3 GUSOKU CHOCHIN KABUTO
EXPLORING THE TATAMI - GUSOKU CHOCHIN KABUTO (The folding armor collapsible helmet ) by Robert Earhart Page 17
2016 Volume 48 Number 4 BECAUSE I SAID SO.. by Robert E. Haynes
BECAUSE I SAID SO AND OTHER MENDACIOUS PREDILECTIONS by Robert E. Haynes
2016 Volume 48 Number 4 Kaifu Wakimono
Real-Life kantei-of swords , part 10: A real challenge : kantei Wakimono Swords by W.B. Tanner and F.A.B. Coutinho - Page 34
2016 Volume 48 Number 5 CURATOR or COLLECTOR?
CURATOR or COLLECTOR? A RIPOSTE by James L. McElhinney - Page 6
2018 Volume 50 Number 1
Connoisseur’s Notebook: Chinese Carvers Working In Japan During The Edo Perio, Part One James L. McElhinney - Page 6
Kanesada Tsuba (金定鐔) David Stiles - Page 10
Real Life Kantei Of Swords 15: Is It Japanese? F. A. B. Coutinho And W.b. Tanner - Page 15
Connoisseur’s Notebook: Kiyou Toujin Tsuba James Lancel McElhinney - Page 22
2018 Volume 50 Number 2
Connoisseur’s Notebook: Chinese Carvers Working In Japan During The Edo Period, Part Two James L. McElhinney Page 6
Connoisseur’s Notebook: What’s In A Name? How “Chinese” Swordguards Became “barbaric” James L. McElhinney Page 11
Connoisseur’s Notebook: Sword-guards From Vietnam James L. McElhinney Page 15
2018 Volume 50 Number 3
Connoisseur’s Notebook: Saying Goodbye To Nanban Tsuba James L. McElhinney Page 6
The George Walter Vincent Smith Art Museum Springfield, Ma Mark Ceskavich Page 7
A Story Of The Tosa - Myôchin 土佐 明珍 Mark Ceskavich Page 9
2023 Volume 54 Number 1
Swords that we like: 2) Hida (no) kami Ujifusa by W. Brent Tanner and F. A. B Coutinho
2023 Volume 54 Number 2
Real Life Kantei of swords #18: An intellectual escapade by F. A. B Coutinho