Sword Monographs

The Monographs (Lecture Note Series) are extensively researched, capsulized information. Booklets vary from 10 to 30 pages. They are authored by W.M.Hawley, Yasu Kizu and others. Source material was drawn from the hundreds of volumes in the "Japanese Swords" portion of the Hawley Library.


Smiths and Schools

The Awataguchi Shinto School Of Sword Making
     by Blaine Navroth
 
Swordsmiths Of Kaga Province In The Shinto Era
     by Yasu Kizu
 
Swordsmiths Of Satsuma Province
     by Yasu Kizu
 
Bitchu Province Sword Groups
     by Yasu Kizu
 
The Soshu School Of Swordsmiths
     by Yasu Kizu
 
Swordsmiths of the Yamato School
     by Yasu Kizu
 
The Mino School Of Swordsmiths
     by Yasu Kizu
 
The Bizen Schools Of Swordsmiths
     by Yasu Kizu
 
The Yamashiro School Of Swordsmiths
     by Yasu Kizu
 
Blades Of The Yoshimitsu's
     by Yasu Kizu
 
The Swordsmiths Sa Of Chikuzen Province
     by Yasu Kizu
 
The Blades Of The Kanemitsu's
     by Yasu Kizu
 
The Goban Kaji Of Ex-Emperor Gotoba
     by Yasu Kizu and W.M. Hawley
 
The Swordsmiths Named Tadayoshi
     by Yasu Kizu
 
The Swordsmith Family Of Tsuda Sukehiro
     by Yasu Kizu
 
Swordsmith Suishinshi Masahide and His School
     by Yasu Kizu
 
The Signatures Of Naganobu
     by W.M. Hawley
 
Swordsmith Nagasone Kotetsu Okisato
     by Yasu Kizu
 
Swordsmith Minamoto No Kiyomaro
     by Yasu Kizu
 
Swordsmith Taikei Naotane
     by Yasu Kizu and W.M. Hawley
 
Muramasa Blades
     by Yasu Kizu
 
The Great Masamune And Others By That Name
     by Yasu Kizu