ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Kokusai Tosogu Kai - International Conventions and Exhibitions</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=unicode"> <BASE href="" target="_self"> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.3157" name=GENERATOR></HEAD> <BODY alink="#0000FF" link="#000000" vlink="#000000"> <table border="0" width="100%"> <tr> <td> <div align="center"> <table border="0" width="700" bgcolor="#FFFFFF"> <tr> <td> <table border="0" width="800" bordercolor="#FFFFFF" id="table163" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0"> <tr> <td style="border-top:1px solid #000000; font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: #000000" colspan="2" align="right" height="2" valign="top"> </tr> <tr> <I><B><FONT face=" Arial" size=1> <td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; border-left-width:1px; border-right-width:1px; border-top-style:solid; border-top-width:1px; border-bottom-width:1px" bordercolor="#000000" colspan="2"> <BIG><BIG><BIG><BIG><font size="6" face="Times New Roman">Kokusai Tosogu Kai</font><FONT face="Times New Roman"><br> </FONT></BIG></BIG></BIG></BIG><font size="2">We are pleased to announce that Satcho.com is to distribute the annual publications of the Kokusai Tosogu Kai&#39;s international conventions and exhibitions.&nbsp; Produced in limited edition of 400 copies, each publication present exceptional works from private collections.</font></td> </FONT></B></I> </tr> <tr> <br> <td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: #000; border-top-style:solid; border-top-width:1px" width="702" valign="top" colspan="2"> <font face="Times New Roman" style="font-size: 4pt">&nbsp;</font><font face="Times New Roman" size="6"><br> <tr> <td bordercolor="#FFFFFF"> <font face="Arial"><i><b>KOKUSAI TOSOGU KAI,<br> 2005 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION</b></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> Nick NAKAMURA <i>et al </i>(2005)<br> Fifty-five examples from the Kokusai Tosogu Kai's first international convention are presented along with two essays: &quot;My First Sixty Years as a Student of <i>Kodogu</i>&quot; by Robert Haynes, and &quot;<i>Sukashi-Tsuba</i> - Their Use and Aesthetic Beauty&quot; by Terutaka Kawabata and Taeko Watanabe. Commentary and index in English with Japanese captions. Limited printing of 400.<br> 108 pages, 8½ x 12&quot; hardcover&nbsp;with slipcase&nbsp; </font><BIG><FONT face=" Arial" size=1><BIG><BIG><BIG> <font color="#FF0000" size="2" face="Arial"><b><i>Sold</i></b></font></big></big></big></font></big></td> <td align="center"> <i><b><font FACE="Arial" SIZE="1"> <img border="0" src="http://satcho.com/images/KO082.JPG" width="408" height="291"></td> </tr> </table> <TABLE borderColor=#ffffff width="100%" border=0> <TR> <TD> <font face="Arial"><i><b>KOKUSAI TOSOGU KAI,<br> 2006 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION</b></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> Nick NAKAMURA <i>et al</i> (2006)<br> Presents seventy-one expertly photographed and documented examples from the second Kokusai Tosogu Kai&#39;s international convention along with two articles: &quot;<i>Kirishitan Ikenie Tsuba</i>&quot; by Fred Geyer, and an interview of Kengo Sekido by Taeko Watanabe - &quot;<i>In&nbsp; Search of the True Image of Goto Yujo and the Essence of his Engraving Techniques</i>&quot;.&nbsp; A summary of the group&#39;s first (2005) convention follows with detail of seven tsuba not included in the preceding publication. Commentary and index in English with Japanese captions.&nbsp; Limited printing of 400.<br> 115 pages, 8½ x 12&quot; hardcover&nbsp;with slipcase&nbsp; $95.00</font></TD> <TD align=middle> <img border="0" src="http://satcho.com/images/KO099.JPG" width="448" height="228"></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE borderColor=#ffffff width="100%" border=0> <TR> <TD> <font face="Arial"><i><b>KOKUSAI TOSOGU KAI,<br> 2007 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION</b></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> Nick NAKAMURA <i>et al</i> (2007)<br> The publication of third Kokusai Tosogu Kai International Convention and Exhibition features ten <i>koshirae</i>, each expertly photographed and documented in both English and Japanese.&nbsp; A private presentation held at the Frazier International History Museum.&nbsp; Limited printing of 400.<br> 23 pages, 8½ x 12&quot; soft cover&nbsp; $40.00</font></TD> <TD align=middle> <img border="0" src="http://satcho.com/images/KO147.JPG" width="408" height="220"></TD></TR></TABLE> <TABLE borderColor=#ffffff width="100%" border=0> <TR> <TD> <font face="Arial"><i><b>KOKUSAI TOSOGU KAI,<br> 2008 INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION</b></i></font><font size="2" face="Arial"><br> Nick NAKAMURA <i>et al</i> (2008)<br> Presents seventy-three expertly photographed and documented examples from the fourth Kokusai Tosogu Kai&#39;s international convention along with: &quot;Memories of Kengo Sekido-sensi&quot; by Terutaka Kawabata, &quot;<i>Ezo Tosogu - An Enigmatic Group of Early Fittings</i>&quot; by Boris Markhasin, and memoirs of the 2006, 2007, and 2008 conventions.c English and Japanese-language text.&nbsp; Limited printing of 400.<br> 99 pages, 8½ x 12&quot; hardcover&nbsp;with slipcase&nbsp; $95.00</font></TD> <TD align=middle> <img border="0" src="http://satcho.com/images/KO148.JPG" width="448" height="237"></TD></TR></a></font></td> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: #000; border-top-style:solid; border-top-width:1px" colspan="2" width="33%"> &nbsp;</td> </tr> <tr> <I><B><FONT face=" Arial" size=1> <td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; border-bottom-style:solid; border-bottom-width:3px" bordercolor="#FF0000" colspan="2"> <p align="center"> <I><B><FONT face=" Arial" size=1> <a target="_top" href="http://satcho.com/ktk"> <IMG height=38 alt="" hspace=0 src="http://satcho.com/images/www.GIF" width=201 border=0 align="left"></a></FONT></B></I><FONT face=" Arial" size=2> <span style="text-decoration: none">satcho.com</span> </FONT><FONT face="Arial" size=2> - </FONT><FONT face=" Arial" size=2> 203 Main Street </FONT><FONT face="Arial" size=2> - </FONT><FONT face=" Arial" size=2> Flemington, NJ 08822 </FONT><FONT face=" Arial" size=1> <FONT face="Arial" size=2> - </FONT><FONT face=" Arial" size=2> USA<br> &nbsp;01 (908) 397-9283&nbsp; <a href="mailto:books@satcho.com"> books@satcho.com</a></FONT></FONT><a target="_top" href="http://satcho.com/ktk"><IMG style="WIDTH: 138px; HEIGHT: 23px" height=48 alt="ccards.jpg (5069 bytes)" hspace=0 src="http://www.satcho.com/images/ccards.jpg" width=290 border=0 align="right"></a><br> <br> <b><font size="2">SCHOLARSHIP - CONNOISSEURSHIP - PRESERVATION</font></b> </td> </FONT></B></I> </tr> <tr> <td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; border-bottom-style:solid; border-bottom-width:2px" bordercolor="#000000" align="left" height="35"> <p> <font size="2"> <span style="text-decoration: none"> <a target="_top" href="http://satcho.com/ktk">http://satcho.com/ktk</a></span></font></td> <td style="font-family: arial,sans-serif; color: #000000; border-bottom-style:solid; border-bottom-width:2px" bordercolor="#000000" align="right"> <SMALL><SMALL><SMALL><FONT face="Times New Roman">©</FONT><FONT face=Arial>Copyright <a target="_blank" href="http://satcho.com/"> <span style="text-decoration: none">Satcho.com</span></a><span style>, a</span>ll rights reserved. </FONT></SMALL></SMALL></SMALL></td> </tr> </table></td> </tr> </table> </div> </td> </tr> </table> </BODY></HTML>