Lethal Elegance: Samurai Sword Fittings by Joe Earle

Lethal Elegance: Samurai Sword Fittings

Joe Earle

250 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

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As the "soul of the samurai," the sword is famously both the symbol and instrument of Japanese military prowess. Less known, at least in the West, is its role as a fashion accessory or status symbol. And more than the weapon itself, it was the swo...

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