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Nippon-tō: Art swords of Japan The Walter A. Compton Collection by Compton, Walter A.; Homma, Junji; Sato, Kanichi; Ogawa, Morihiro

B0184

Title: Nippon-tō: Art swords of Japan The Walter A. Compton Collection
Author: Compton, Walter A.; Homma, Junji; Sato, Kanichi; Ogawa, Morihiro
Publisher: Japan House Gallery, Japan Society Inc.
Year: 1976
Language: English
Illustrations: Some color pictures, many black and white pictures and illustrations
Info: 134 pages, 37 cm by 26.5 cm, Hardcover
ID: B0184

Beautiful book published at the occasion of an exhibition held in 1976 around the marvelous Walter A. Compton Collection, probably the best collection on Japanese swords ever outside of Japan (or even maybe including Japan). See also the Christie's catalogs B0208-B0210, and One hundred masterpieces from the collection of Dr. Walter A. Compton, B0020.

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