Hardback Japanese-language text on Japanese sword guards (tsuba) with photographs of 200 sukashi tsuba examples produced from the Muromachi through to the Edo period. Each example is accompanied by a description and a written commentary in Japanese. Pages are clean and unmarked. Binding is strong and tight. Hardly any shelf wear to the exterior of to book, which looks near new. Very slight soiling/staining along page edges. Dust jacket is lightly rubbed and minutely edgeworn. Overall in near new condition.