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In Japan, Japanese swords are rated by authorities of each period, and some of the authority of the rating is still valid today. In 1719, Tokugawa Yoshimune, the 8th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, ordered Hon'ami Kōchū, who was an authority of sword appraisal, to record swords possessed by daimyo all over Japan in books.
The Odachi Masayoshi forged by bladesmith Sanke Masayoshi, dated 1844. The blade length is 225.43 cm (88.75 in) and the tang is 92.41 cm (36.38 in). The ōdachi (大太刀) (large/great sword) or nodachi (野太刀, field sword) [4] [5] [6] is a type of traditionally made Japanese sword (日本刀, nihontō) [7] [8] used by the samurai class of ...
Modern Japanese swords and swordsmiths: from 1868 to the present (illustrated ed.). Kodansha International. ISBN 4-7700-1962-9. Nagayama, Kōkan (1998). The connoisseur's book of Japanese swords. Kodansha International. ISBN 4-7700-2071-6. Satō, Kanzan; Earle, Joe (1983). The Japanese sword. Japanese arts library. Vol. 12 (illustrated ed.).
A Japanese sword authentication paper (origami) from 1702 that Hon'ami Kōchū certified a tantō made by Yukimitsu in the 14th century as authentic. The Hon'ami clan, which was an authority of appraisal of Japanese swords, rated Japanese swords from these artistic points of view.
A bokken (木剣, bok(u), 'wood', and ken, '(double-edged) sword') or bokutō (木刀, boku, 'wood', and tō, '(single-edged) sword') is a Japanese wooden sword used for training in kenjutsu. It is usually the size and shape of a katana , but is sometimes shaped like other swords, such as the wakizashi and tantō .
Sword attacks in Japan (3 P) I. Individual Japanese swords (1 C, 16 P) J. ... Pages in category "Japanese swords" The following 19 pages are in this category, out of ...
Confiscated by the GHQ in the aftermath of World War II and subsequently lost, but re-discovered by chance in 1963 and returned to Terukuni shrine a year later by an American Dr. Walter Compton (owner of one of the greatest Japanese sword collection outside Japan, he returned Kunimune by himself and without seeking any compensation) ; curvature ...
Ancient swords of Japan (1 C, 5 P) P. Practice swords of Japan (6 P) Pages in category "Japanese sword types" The following 15 pages are in this category, out of 15 ...