JAPANESE SWORD GUARDS
FAMILY CRESTS-THE ART OF MON BOOK

Japanese Sword Guards: Family Crests, The Art of Mon- January 2017, 110 pages, laminated soft cover, by Gary Murtha. This book covers the lineage of the imperial household and the major samurai clans as well as over 150 illustrations of family crests. It contains 77 full color pages with 175 color photos of over 80 different mon bearing tsuba. Full English glossary with Japanese kanji. A must have for the historian and collector.
Each copy will be autographed by the author.