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  2. Japanese swordsmithing - Wikipedia

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    Some modern swordsmiths have made high quality reproduction swords using the traditional method, including one Japanese swordsmith who began manufacturing swords in Thailand using traditional methods, and various American and Chinese manufacturers.

  3. Masamine Sumitani - Wikipedia

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    Masamine Sumitani (隅谷正峯, born Sumitani Yoichiro; 14 January 1921 – 12 December 1998) was a Japanese swordsmith.. Sumitani's family ran a soy-sauce manufacturing business, but rather than entering the family trade, Masamine opted to study at Ritsumeikan University, with a view to becoming a swordsmith, graduating in 1941 with a degree in mechanical engineering.

  4. Japanese sword - Wikipedia

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    Modern, authentic Japanese swords (nihontō) are made by a few hundred swordsmiths. Many examples can be seen at an annual competition hosted by the All Japan Swordsmith Association, [ 28 ] under the auspices of the Nihontō Bunka Shinkō Kyōkai (Society for the Promotion of Japanese Sword Culture). [ 29 ]

  5. Category:Japanese swordsmiths - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Japanese swordsmiths" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A. Amakuni;

  6. Kenzō Kotani - Wikipedia

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    In 1933, Kotani was summoned, along with his uncle and cousin, to Tokyo from Hiroshima to work at the Yasukuni shrine. On 10 July 1935 Kotani, as the senior sword student (sakite), became the next official Yasukuni Shrine swordsmith and was given the name Yasunori (靖憲) by the Minister of War, Lieutenant General Hayashi Senjuro.

  7. List of Wazamono - Wikipedia

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    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).

  8. Akitsugu Amata - Wikipedia

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    Akitsugu Amata (天田昭次, Amata Akitsugu) (also known as Amata Seiichi (天田 誠一)) (born 1927 – July 5, 2013) was a Japanese swordsmith. [1]Amata followed his father Amata Sadayoshi into the trade of sword-making after the latter died in 1937, moving to Tokyo from his home in Niigata Prefecture in order to enroll in a specialist sword-making school. [2]

  9. Iaitō - Wikipedia

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    Iaitō today are produced by specialized workshops without requiring any direct involvement of shinken swordsmiths. [ 3 ] Some dōjō in Japan recommend that only alloy blades be used for practicing iaidō until the practitioner's skill is consistent enough to safely use a sharp-edged sword.

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