Soken Kisho : Strange and Wonderful Sword Fittings (6 of 7 volume set)

Sakusha Inaba Shinemon

Shisuikan zohan, Osaka, Tenmei gannen [1781]

6 volumes (of 7, lacking v.6).   Woodblock printed book; ink on paper.  Japanese stab binding. Hanshibon.  The first volume's binding is coming away, and the string is loosening. Top edge of v.1 has a minor indentation.  Images of sword guards and Netsuke carvings.   Includes an old letter from Charles T. Stein of Baltimore (an noted Jurist) on the books.