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Hawley Library

Our Hawley library features titles from the late WM Hawley library. Many of these titles were compiled and written by Hawley himself, they are a great asset to sword collectors and those interested in feudal Japan.

Items [49]
1100 Japanese Sword Terms and 400 Named Blades
1100 Japanese Sword Terms and 400 Named Blades
1100 Japanese Sword Terms and 400 Named Blades

Over 1100 sword related terms defined with Kanji and Romanji. Alphabetized section, and subject cross reference section. Listing of over 400 named swords. Available in softcover only.


150 Japanese Polearm Terms
150 Japanese Polearm Terms
150 Japanese Polearm Terms

Terminology relative to Japanese polearms, listed alphabetically. Written in Romanji and Kanji. Accented with woodblock illustrations gleaned from old manuscripts and volumes in the Hawley Library.


600 Japanese Sword Fitting Terms
600 Japanese Sword Fitting Terms
600 Japanese Sword Fittings Terms, research by W.M. Hawley; compiled by Panchita Hawley

A compilation from the old filing card files of Willis M. Hawley. Terminology is arranged both by subject and alphabetically. Romanization and kanji. Types of fittings for blades and variations of those parts. Woodblock illustrations for many items. 133 pages.


850 Japanese Armour Terms
850 Japanese Armour Terms
850 Japanese Armour Terms

Terminology relative to Japanese armour, listed alphabtically. Written in Romanji and Kanji. Accented with woodblock illustrations gleaned from old manuscripts and volumes in the Hawley Library. Available in softcover only.


Bitchu Province Sword Groups
Bitchu Province Sword Groups
Bitchu Province Sword Groups

Twelve pages covering the history and characteristics of the Aoe smiths. Includes a story of the Aoe blade"Nikkari-Aoe". Softcover.


Bizen School Swordsmiths
Bizen School Swordsmiths
The Bizen Schools Of Swordsmiths, by Yasu Kizu

Twenty pages tracing the Bizen School from the Koto era through Shinshinto times, the characteristics and map.


Buddhist Symbols on the Japanese Sword
Buddhist Symbols on the Japanese Sword
Buddhist Symbols on the Japanese Sword

Fourteen pages of illustration, with introduction. Shows drawing of Buddhas represented by the Bonji characters. Softcover.


Chinese Art Symbols
Chinese Art Symbols
Chinese Art Symbols

Over 160 symbols and decorative motifs with their names, meanings and significance when given as gifts. Softcover.


Chinese Moral Maxims
Chinese Moral Maxims
Chinese Moral Maxims

200 Sayings, collected in 1818. "Good sayings are like pearls, strung together...Inscribe them on the walls of your dwelling, and regard them night and day..."Ming Sin Paou Kien. Softcover. Sir John F. Davis


Curvature in Japanese Blades
Curvature in Japanese Blades
Curvature in Japanese Blades

A five page discussion on the topic, supplemented with illustrations. Softcover.