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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
1970 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
1970 Volume 9 Number 1
MARKETING PATTERNS PAST PRESENT AND FUTURE
by Randolph B. Caldwell
1970 Volume 9 Number 1 Pg 17
JAPANESE SWORDS IDOLIZED BY JAPANESE WOMEN
by Naohiro Takahashi
1970 Volume 9 Number 1 Pg 19
JAPANESE PATINAS AND METAL COLOURING
by H Wilson
1970 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
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