A Book of Five Swords and a Scroll

A Book of Five Swords and a Scroll
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Publisher : Lulu.com
Total Pages : 146
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ISBN-10 : 9781411627390
ISBN-13 : 1411627393
Rating : 4/5 (90 Downloads)

Book Synopsis A Book of Five Swords and a Scroll by : Stanford D. Carman

Download or read book A Book of Five Swords and a Scroll written by Stanford D. Carman and published by Lulu.com. This book was released on 2007-02 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Book of Five Swords and a Scroll, is about five Japanese swords that came to the United States after W.W.II and a Japanese hanging scroll of a 'Seated Samurai. The book is richly illustrated with over 110 photographs of these swords, map segments, and other associated materials. There are three original short stories centered around three of the swords. The book also contains sections regarding Medieval Japan, the Samurai, Japanese Sword Smiths, and Japanese Sword Care and Cleaning; Detail Technical Data of these swords is included, and there is a short biography of artist of the scroll. The chapter about the scroll, regards a person famous in 14th Century Japanese History. Two of these swords are over 450 years old. n addition there is a short biography of a unique US Marine that fought at Wake Island, Dec 8, 1941 - Dec 23, 1941 in WWII and taken as a Prisiner Of War by the Japanese. He spent a total of 1350 Days as a POW in Camps in China and Japan. This version of the book is in Color.


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