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Katana Maidens: Toji No Miko (刀使ノ巫女, Toji No Miko, lit. "Sword-wielding Shrine Maidens") is a 2017 Japanese media franchise produced by Genco , co-produced by Crunchyroll , [ 3 ] and animated by Studio Gokumi .
The word katana first appears in Japanese in the Nihon Shoki of 720. The term is a compound of kata ("one side, one-sided") + na ("blade"), [6] [7] [8] in contrast to the double-sided tsurugi. The katana belongs to the nihontō family of swords, and is distinguished by a blade length (nagasa) of more than 2 shaku, approximately 60 cm (24 in). [9]
A swordsmith who makes swords for the Demon Slayer Corps, who made Inosuke's blades and is later assigned to make Muichiro Tokito's blade. Despite being calmer than Hotaru, he is also angered at Inosuke purposely chipping his swords. He is nearly killed during Gyokko's attack on the Swordsmith Village, but Muichiro saves him. Kotetsu (小鉄)
A diagram of a katana and koshirae with components identified. Fuchi (縁): The fuchi is a hilt collar between the tsuka and the tsuba.; Habaki (鎺): The habaki is a wedge-shaped metal collar used to keep the sword from falling out of the saya and to support the fittings below; fitted at the ha-machi and mune-machi which precede the nakago.
Archaeological excavations dated the oldest sword in Japan from at least as early as second century B.C. [2]: 4 The Kojiki (Record of Ancient Matters) and the Nihon Shoki (History of Japan), ancient texts on early Japanese history and myth that were compiled in the eighth century A.D., describe iron swords and swordsmanship that pre-date recorded history, attributed to the mythological age of ...
Two kusarigama. A kusarigama (Japanese: 鎖鎌, lit. "chain-sickle") is a traditional Japanese weapon that consists of a kama (the Japanese equivalent of a sickle or billhook) on a kusari-fundo – a type of metal chain (kusari) with a heavy iron weight (fundo) at the end.
Wazamono (Japanese: 業 （ わざ ） 物 （ もの ）) is a Japanese term that, in a literal sense, refers to an instrument that plays as it should; in the context of Japanese swords and sword collecting, wazamono denotes any sword with a sharp edge that has been tested to cut well, usually by professional sword appraisers via the art of tameshigiri (test cutting).
Despite being an ordinary human, he has a massive soul equivalent in power to that of 99 ordinary human souls. He uses a fighting style called the Infinite One-Sword Style (無限一刀流, Mugen Ittōryū), which allows him to fight with multiple katanas that he carries in a large scabbard and scatters around the battlefield. He is fond of ...