ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <html> <head> <title>Robert Haynes Webpages</title> <meta content="text/html; charset=UTF-16" http-equiv="Content-Type"> <meta name="Author" content="Elliott Long"> <meta name="GENERATOR" content="MSHTML 8.00.6001.18999"> <meta content="Japanese samurai sword tsubas, fittings, kodogu, menuki, tsuba, fuchi, kashira, fuchi-gashira, sword-guard, katchushi, tosho, myochin, kaneiye, nobuiye, higo, hizen, namban, tembo, jingo, Robert E. Haynes, Robert Haynes" name=Classification> <meta content=fittings name=Description> <meta content="Japanese tsuba, Robert E. Haynes, Robert Haynes, robert haynes, fittings, kodogu, menuki, tsuba, fuchi, kashira, fuchi-gashira, katchushi, tembo, tosho, myochin, mino, ko-kinko, kinko, higo, hizen, sakushi, jingo, nobuiye, kaneiye" name=KeyWords> </head> <BODY background=stuff_files/bg2.jpg>&nbsp; <CENTER> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 width="100%"> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=top width=755><P align=center><B><FONT face="Papyrus" size=+4 color=#993300>Robert E. Haynes</FONT></B></P><BR> <DIV align=right> <TABLE border=0 cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width="70%" cols=3> <TBODY> <TR> <TD> <CENTER><FONT face="Papyrus" size=+2><A href="http://www.shibuiswords.com/haynesarticles.htm">Articles</A></FONT></CENTER></TD> <TD> <CENTER><FONT face="Papyrus" size=+2><A href="http://www.shibuiswords.com/haynestsuba.htm">Tsuba</A></FONT></CENTER></TD> <TD><CENTER><FONT face="Papyrus" size=+2><A href="http://www.shibuiswords.com/haynestutorial.htm">Tutorial</A></FONT></CENTER></TD></TR></TBODY> </TABLE> </DIV> </TD> <TD width="36%"><IMG src="R-Haynes_files/tsuba-logo.jpg" width=200 height=200></TD> </TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER> <center> <table border=0 width="100%" cols="1"> <tbody> <tr align=center> <td><IMG src="R-Haynes_files/IMG_2424.jpg" width=640 height=480></td> </tr> </tbody> </table></center> <br><br> <center> <table border=0 width="80%" bgColor=#ffffcc cols="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div align="left"><p><font color=#993300 face="Papyrus"><font size=+2>Robert E. Haynes was born in 1930, and at the age of 16 acquired his first tsuba. Since this time he has studied this area of Japanese craftwork like almost no other expert and carried out research which goes far beyond the usual activity of a collector. Thousands of objects went through his hands, and even today he still continues to record everything that appears to be of importance with regards to this subject. Among his impressive publications are the 3 volume set called <a href="http://www.shibuiswords.com/haynesindex.htm"> The Index of Japanese Sword Fittings and Associated Artists </a>, the most comprehensive documentation of artists in the field of Japanese sword decoration to date, containing 12,560 listings of documented tosogu artisans and now including the 'Corrigenda Et Addenda' (2011). And of course, the 10 volume set of <a href="http://www.shibuiswords.com/haynesCatalogs.htm">auction catalogues</a> (1981-1984) regarded as essential to the collecting of tosogu. Widely regarded as one of the world experts, he has studied under such esteemed experts as Dr. Kazutaro Torigoye and Masayuki Sasano. </font></font></p></div></td></tr> </tbody></table></center><BR><BR> <center> <table border="0" width="80%" cols="1"> <tbody> <tr> <td> <div align="center"><P><FONT face="Papyrus" color=#000080 size=+3>A Collaboration of Robert E. Haynes and Elliott D. Long</FONT></P></div></td></tr> <tr> <td><div align="left"><p> </p> </div></td></tr> </tbody></table></center> <br> <hr width="80%" color="#000080" size="3"> <center><font color=#993300 face="Papyrus" size=+3> <table border="0" width="90%"> <tbody> <tr> <td bgColor=#ffffcc vAlign=center align=middle><FONT face="Papyrus" size=+2> <A href="http://www.shibuiswords.com/tsuba.htm">Tsuba Gallery</A></FONT>&nbsp;-&nbsp; <FONT face="Papyrus" size=+2> <A href="http://www.shibuiswords.com/index.htm">Home Page</A></FONT>&nbsp;-&nbsp; <FONT face="Papyrus" size=+2> <A href="http://www.shibuiswords.com/educate.htm">Study Guide</A></FONT>&nbsp;-&nbsp; <FONT face="Papyrus" size=+2>Email to <A href="mailto:elliott@shibuiswords.com">Shibui Swords</A></FONT> </td></tr></tbody></table></font></center> </font> </body></html>