Dick, Stewart · Edinburgh, London : T. N. Foulis · leaf 152
gn. The fuchi, or ferule, at the lower end of thehandle of the sword, and the kashira, its lozenge-shaped cap, are also finely ornamented, the twocombined usually forming one design. South Kensington Museum has a varied col-lection of sword furniture, including many finespecimens, but,… … CHAPTER VI KERAMICS Though the golden period of Japanese Keramicart was attained during the Tokugawa dynasty,1603-1868, yet its origin is lost in the mists ofantiquity. An interesting passage in an oldJapanese chronicle shows that in the times ofthe Emperor Suwinin, about the beginning ofthe…
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