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The ōdachi was designated an Important Cultural Property of Japan (then-National Treasure) on December 14, 1931. [3] Since the end of World War II, however, it has been missing. [6] In 2015, Touken Ranbu fans raised ¥45 million through crowdfunding to construct a replica of the Hotarumaru. During the reconstruction, the Aso Shrine was ...
The longest known ōdachi is the Haja-no-Ontachi (Great Evil-Crushing Blade). [13] Its length is 465 cm (183 in) with an overall weight of 75 kg (165 lb). [ 13 ] In 1859, this ōdachi was donated to the Hanaoka Hachiman Shrine in Yamaguchi during an imperial memorial ceremony by parishioners who sympathized with imperial patriots. [ 13 ]
The production of swords in Japan is divided into specific time periods: jōkotō (ancient swords, until around 900 A.D.), kotō (old swords from around 900–1596), shintō (new swords 1596–1780), shinshintō (new new swords 1781–1876), gendaitō (modern or contemporary swords 1876–present) [22]
Archaeologists have uncovered an 8ft-long iron sword in Japan’s largest circular burial mound built in the fourth century. The weapon was discovered at Tomio Maruyama Kofun in Nara alongside a ...
In Japan there is a saying about swords: "No sword made by modifying a nagamaki or a naginata is dull in cutting" (長巻（薙刀）直しに鈍刀なし). The meaning of this saying is that nagamaki and naginata are equipment for actual combat, not works of art or offerings to the kami , and that the sharpness and durability of swords made ...
Archaeologists in Nara City, Japan, came across the weapon along with other items alongside a coffin excavated at the site, officials said. Iron sword, almost 9 feet long, unearthed at 1,700-year ...
Tachi long swords were worn edge down suspended by two cords or chains from the waist belt. The cords were attached to two eyelets on the scabbard. [148] Decorative sword mountings of the kazari-tachi type carried on the tradition of ancient straight Chinese style tachi and were used by nobles at court ceremonies until the Muromachi period ...
The Tenka-Goken (天下五剣, "Five [Greatest] Swords under Heaven") are a group of five Japanese swords. [1] Three are National Treasures of Japan, one an Imperial Property, and one a holy relic of Nichiren Buddhism. Among the five, some regard Dōjigiri as "the yokozuna of all Japanese swords" along with Ōkanehira (ja:大包平). [2]