Tomiki Kenji Aikido Nyumon

Title Aikido Nyumon
Author Tomiki Kenji

This is a very rare Aikido book written by Tomiki Kenji.It has a lot of photos in it.

In the preface to this book,Kenji Tomiki says,"In our country,there are several Jujutsu schools,which have been handed down from generation to generation.Daito-ryu Jujutsu is one of them.My sensei Ueshiba Morihei learned Jujutsu under Takeda Sokaku and also studied many other schools.Then he originated Aikido.
I have learned Kodokan Judo since I was a child.I have studied relationship between Judo and Aikido after learning Aikido for about 30 years."

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Ryukyu Kobudo Bojutsu Numon Murakami Katsumi Shorin-ryu

Ryukyu Kobudo Bojutsu Nyumon
Murakami Katsumi Okinawa Higaonnna-ryu,Okinawa Kobayashi-ryu Karate Master

In the preface to this book,Katsumi Murakami says,"These days,more and more people are showing interest in Kobudo.But very little is known about it. Bojutusu is central of Okinawan old artial Arts and also is a traditional cultural asset.It is generally believed that it is a valuable Martial Art.


I have explained Basic Kata with a lot of photos-not only significant but also easy-to-learn even for beginners-so that anyone will can understand with ease.
I firmly believe that anyone can get closer to Bojutus and make progress in it through this book"

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Karatedo Kata Taikan Sakagami Ryusho Itosukai

Karatedo Kata taikan

This is a deluxe karate Kata chronicle by Sakagami Ryusho.

In the postscript to this book,Sakagami Sadaaki,the son of Ryusho Sakagami,says,"This book contains Itosukai Karate Kata   my father has been making great efforts to learn for a lomg time.It is natural that it is very difficult to describe Kata through pics or captions.My father passed away at the age of 78.I feel that we need to show Itoskai karate Kata to younger generation,which have been handed down from generation to generation."

One of the must-have books if you are interested in Itosukai Karate.

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Sesshu Master of Ink and Brush 50th Anniversary Exhibition

Seshhu Master of Ink and Brush

This is an exhibition catalogue about Sesshu.Fortunately,some pages including foreword are written in English.5 works by Sesshu are designated as National Treasures!It is not too much to say that he is the Greatest Japanese Painter.

The English foreword says,"In the eighty-odd years of his life,Sesshu established a unique personal style characterized by strenghth of touch and and solidity of composition that produced a legacy of masterpices including the Long Landscape Scroll,amd the View of Amanohashidate.

This special exhibition is the first major exhibition of Sesshu's work since the 450th anniversary of his death.As a matter of course ,it includes the master paintere's own best known works,but we are also fortunate to be able to include several paintings signed with characteres formely pronounced Sessho,who could have been the youbg Sesshu."

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Book for Maples Wild Maples of Japan Yano Masayoshi

Book for Maples

We called the author Mr. Masayoshi Yano, and we got some information below from him directly.

It took a whole year for him and cost approx 100,000 dollars to publish this book.

When he asked some publishing companies to publish this book, the answer was 'No' because they assumed this would not get customers interest that much.

However, after this actually came to be published it has received very favorable review in overseas.He said there are much more kinds of maple to introduce that could not be put on this item.

In the preface to this book,Yano Masayoshi says,"I made a point to include as many photos as possible so that the readers will get a handy knowledge of maple cultivars. I will be happy if this book is useful"

Fortunately.this book is written both in Japanese and in English.This item is not on sale in bookstores.There are very few copies available.

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Wado-ryu Karate Book Otsuka Hironori w/Dvds

It is an extremely rare book introducing Wado-ryu Karate Kata.Fortunately,it comes with 3 Dvds(region code 2).

Otsuka Hironori taught Karate at Tokyo University for more than 40 years.It is published and supervised by Tokyo Universtiy and is a non-commercial publication.It is distributed only for members.There are very very few copies left.

According to the preface to this book,Otsuka Hironori didn't like to take photos of Kata or to explain it verbally.Tokyo University published some Karate books under license from Otsuka Sensei.However those books are sold out and so new edition was published.

In my opinion,it would be very very difficult( or might be  impossible) to obtain it again.This is a must-have item if you are interested in Wado-ryu Karate.

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Oriental Suiseki Masterpices 東洋名品石

Title Oriental Suiseki Masterpieces

Publication Year　1991

It is composed of 622pages.

This is a super deluxe Oriental Suiseki book.It is written in Japanese,Chinese and Koeran,fortunately.It is supervised by South Korean Suiseki Research associaton.

Each Suikseki is classified by country.Contact info of each Suiseki artist and a detailed expalanation is given.There are very few Suiseki books in Japan.It is a very good ref material for Suiseki enthusiasts.approx 4.3kg prettey heavy.

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