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The sword was forged in the 10-12th centuries by the swordsmith Hōki-no-Kuni Yasutsuna (伯耆国安綱). Dōjigiri (童子切, "Slayer of Shuten-dōji") is a tachi-type Japanese sword that has been identified as a National Treasure of Japan. [1] This sword is one of the "Five Swords Under Heaven" (天下五剣 Tenka-Goken).
Officially each sword is called by the combination of meibutsu (名物, "celebrated product"), name, and the personal name of its bladesmith, for example, meibutsu Dōjigiri Yasutsuna (名物童子切安綱, "celebrated Dōjigiri Yasutsuna"), [7] often shortened as Dōjigiri Yasutsuna.
The work of Yasutsuna who lived in Hōki Province predates that of the Ko-Bizen school. Though old sources date his activity to the early 9th century, he was most likely a contemporary of Sanjō Munechika. The first forging of the first curved Japanese swords has been attributed to these two smiths. [131] Yasutsuna founded the school with the ...
Yasutsuna Hoki (伯耆安綱, Hoki Yasutsuna) A Japanese swordsmith and creator of the dōjigiri. He, alongside Munechika Sanjo, Kunitsuna Awataguchi, Kanayagokami, and Hephaestus, reforged Susano'o's Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi into the Onigiri Ame-no-Murakumo. Munechika Sanjo (三条宗近, Sanjō Munechika)
It is a blade forged by the swordsmith Yasutsuna from the Hōki Province, who was active during the Heian period; the same swordsmith well-known for forging the famous Doujigiri Yasutsuna. According to the picture scroll “Kawachi Meisho Zue”, Tenkoumaru is said to be a “sister sword” of Doujigiri, meaning that the two blades were forged ...
Amakuni Yasutsuna (天國 安綱) is the legendary swordsmith who supposedly created the first single-edged longsword with curvature along the edge in the Yamato Province around 700 AD. He was the head of a group of swordsmiths employed by the Emperor of Japan to make weapons for his warriors.
Third year student at Tottori Hakurou, captain of its sumo club, and the high school yokozuna for the last two years. Undefeated since entering high school, he is known under the epithet of "Dōjigiri Yasutsuna" (童子切安綱). He is also the winner of last year's All-Japan Championship, which includes high school and university students and ...
According to legend, Amakuni Yasutsuna developed the process of differentially hardening the blades around the 8th century AD, around the time that the tachi (curved sword) became popular. The emperor was returning from battle with his soldiers when Amakuni noticed that half of the swords were broken: