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Meitetsu
5th April 2014, 22:59
http://jinenkanhonbu.blogspot.jp/2014/04/the-complete-martial-arts-of-japan_5.html

The above link goes to my blog post about this project. Originally published in 1898. Fully illustrated, the entire book is reproduced and translated.:nw:
Totally awesome!:wave:

LGatling
5th April 2014, 23:16
Pretty cool - did you do it all on CreateSpace?

Lance Gatling
Tokyo

Meitetsu
5th April 2014, 23:43
Yeah, it totally sucks compared to lulu.com but it makes it available to a much wider audience.
The books still come out looking great, just the upload user interface is kinda low tech

LGatling
7th April 2014, 02:54
You going to translate the others, too?

LGatling

Meitetsu
7th April 2014, 07:11
You going to translate the others, too?

Actually, I have already translated them. I just have to transfer my written translation to the computer and add in the images....which takes almost as long as translating it...:cry:

LGatling
10th April 2014, 12:43
Well, I don't know if these books are well known outside Japan but they were some of the first comprehensive martial arts books in Japan, combining descriptions of a number of arts. I think they're great.

Why do you post the Table of Contents?

LGatling