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.

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The GOKADEN, Five Schools of Japanese Swordsmiths by W.M. Hawley

The GOKADEN - Five Schools of Japanese Swordsmiths by W.M. Hawley & Yasu Kizu

61 pages, The GOKADEN, or Five Schools, is an entrance to the study of Nihon-to. As a system, the Gokaden offers the history of Japanese swordmaking within a framework of five traditions - these being identified by the provinces from which major sword production was centered during the Kotom or Old, sword period. Yamashiro, Yamato and Bizen were the first three, followed later by Soshu and Mino.