Gowland, William, 1842-1922, Japan Society of London · [London? : s.n.] · leaf 52
TERRA COTTA HORSE HEAD. ARROW HEADS. Japan Society: Transactions, Vol. XIII.— METALS AND METAL WORKING IN OLD JAPAN.—Gowland. LFlate IX.]—face p. 48. ( 49 )But few stirrup-irons (fig. lo)* have survived : only two pairsare known to me. They resemble European forms, but areentirely different from… … Fig. ID.—Stirrups. The subject of later swords extends over such a very widefield that a special and long paper would be required for itsadequate treatment. I will therefore mention only the earliestswords known to me of post-dolmen date. Here I may say, around no craftsman in Japan hasmythical…
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