Month: July 2009
NBSK: Nihontō Bunka Shinkō Kyōkai
A new japanese sword organization written by Franz Baldauff [annotated by Pierre Nadeau] Franz is one of the rare Westerners to have studied the Japanese Sword in an academic context, particularly the sword as an art object throughout Japanese history. He is also the author behind the Web site Nihon Tōken, from which this article…
InsideKyoto: A Foreign Sword Maker In Japan
Chris Rowthorn, the Editor in Chief of the Lonely Planet Japan travel guidebook visits Pierre at the forge in Shimizu. Original Link