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  • Book: Introduction to Japanese Swords through pictures

    Book: Introduction to Japanese Swords through pictures

    Introduction to Japanese Swords through pictures. Reference work on etiquette, appraisal, maintenance, and mostly the presentation of Japanese swords L’étiquette des sabres Sageo (scabbard cord) tying according to various schools / Maintenance / Appraisal By the Zen Nippon Tosho Kai (All Japan Swordsmith Association) English and Japanese – 48 pages – ISBN: 4990231627 Bilingual book…

  • Exhibition catalogue: Masamune and his lineage

    Exhibition catalogue: Masamune and his lineage

    Exhibition catalogue « Masamune and his lineage » held at the Sano Art Museum, 2002 by the Sano Art Museum Japanese – 183 pages – ISBN: 4915857549 This catalogue is now very well known for the quality of its photographs, printing, paper, and the swords presented. This book has been out of print ever since…

  • DVD: The Ancient Techniques and Spirit of the Japanese Sword: A Modern Challenge

    DVD: The Ancient Techniques and Spirit of the Japanese Sword: A Modern Challenge

    A Top quality DVD on Japanese sword making by the All Japan Swordsmiths Association (Zen Nippon Tosho Kai) English / Japanese

  • Eye-Ai: Living By the Sword

    Eye-Ai: Living By the Sword

    The 30+ year-old Eye-Ai magazine focuses on Japanese culture and entertainment. Authored by Jonathon Walsh. Several technical mistakes were inadvertently inserted by the Editor, mainly in the photo captions.

  • Hiragana Times: Canadian Living by the Sword

    Hiragana Times: Canadian Living by the Sword

    The Hiragana Times is a great bilingual magazine for students of the Japanese and the English languages. Authored by Jonathon Walsh. Several technical mistakes were inadvertently inserted by the Editor.

  • Kiyota gets Doryoku-sho at the NBTHK 2007 forging competition!

    Kiyota gets Doryoku-sho at the NBTHK 2007 forging competition!

    Each year, the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai (NBTHK – Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Art Sword) organizes competitions for the different fields of craftsmanship related to the Japanese Sword. Kiyota has submitted a sword almost every year since he became independent in 2000. His competition swords have always reflected his focus of…

  • How to become a swordsmith apprentice in Japan

    How to become a swordsmith apprentice in Japan

    The number of individuals who wish to become a heir in the tradition of Japanese swordsmithing by undertaking traditional apprenticeship in Japan has grown considerably. This is probably due to the internationalization of communications, giving a feeling that the very remote and peculiar culture of the Japanese sword is now more accessible, and it probably…

  • Kansai Time Out – Cutting Art: Introduction to the Japanese Sword and its world

    Kansai Time Out – Cutting Art: Introduction to the Japanese Sword and its world

    Authored by Pierre Nadeau and published in the September 2007 issue as a 900 word article in the Kansai Time Out, a magazine for English speakers published in Western Japan. Several technical mistakes were inadvertently inserted by the Editor, such as the remaining time on Pierre’s apprenticeship or other technical details.

  • Salut! Bonjour! – Interview

    Salut! Bonjour! – Interview

    A brief appearance on a TVA Québéc morning show live from Japan – site

  • Japanese Swords by Kiyota Jirokunietsu

    Japanese Swords by Kiyota Jirokunietsu

    All material presented on this page is copyrighted. 2007: Sue-Bizen Sukesada Yosozaemon-style short katana The swordsmith signature Sukesada was used by a considerable number of smith spanning the later part of the Muromachi period (1392-1573) through the first third of the Edo period (1600-1867). It is generally recognized that Sukesada Yosozaemon is one of the…

  • Event/Demo: Quench-hardening of a Japanese Sword

    Event/Demo: Quench-hardening of a Japanese Sword

    TRADITIONAL JAPANESE SWORDSMITHING: Quench-hardening of a Japanese sword Held in Toronto (Oct.28) and Montréal (Nov.4th) 2006 227, Riverside St., where the event was held in Montréal. The event in review… Our intention was to come Toronto and Montréal in order to give interested people a chance to observe a Japanese swordsmith at work, and to…

  • The Discovery Channel – Daily Planet

    The Discovery Channel – Daily Planet

    Pierre makes a brief appearance on the Canadian version of the Discovery Channel short documentaries series in October 2006. The Discovery Channel has shown a sustained interest in the field of the Japanese Sword with several related shows. They took the opportunity during Pierre’s passage through Toronto for an event in 2006 to film a…

  • Forging Japanese Swords

    Forging Japanese Swords

    This site is a window into the world of Traditional Japanese Swordsmithing through the experience of Apprentice Pierre Nadeau and his mentors. « A little learning is a dangerous thing; drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: these shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, and drinking largely sobers us again. » Alexander Pope (1688 –…

  • 清水の刀工清田さんにカナダ青年一番弟子28才

    清水の刀工清田さんにカナダ青年一番弟子28才

    清水の刀工清田さんにカナダ青年一番弟子28才 特報 – Tokuho 日本和歌山県の新聞 Wakayama prefecture newspaper – Japan 2006年3月 – March 2006 Article relating the beginning of Pierre Nadeau as Kiyota Jirokunietsu’s apprentice.

  • Oriflamme – Cet élève qui deviendra maître

    Oriflamme – Cet élève qui deviendra maître

    Historical Magazine – Québec Vol.7 No1 – 2006 Le magasine Oriflamme porte bien son nom en tant que représentant des passionés d’histoire au Québec, du Moyen-Age au Nouveau Monde. L’éditeur s’intéresse de près aux activités de Pierre.