Nihon-shinto-shi - The History of the shinto Era of Japanese SwordsThis book should bring the reader more near to the no less interesting era of the New Sword, the shinto. With the transition to the peaceful Edo period, the Japanese sword experienced considerable changes which are briefly touched in some other sword publications. This book now tries to present the historical and scholastic changes of the shinto in a comprehensive manner. The reader should get an idea about the activities of the Edo period swordsmiths