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The daishō (大小, daishō) —"large and small" [1] —is a Japanese term for a matched pair of traditionally made Japanese swords worn by the samurai class in feudal Japan. The etymology of the word daishō becomes apparent when the terms daitō , meaning long sword, and shōtō , meaning short sword, are used; dai tō + shō tō = daishō ...
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Burrow, 28, gifted his linemen with authentic Japanese Katana swords on Thursday, December 19. The Athletic ’s Paul Dehner Jr. reported each sword was unique and came with its own story.
Katana, length 66.4 cm, curvature 1.5 cm, bottom width 2.8 cm, shinogi-zukuri, iori-mune, and chū-kissaki nobi [4] (see also Glossary of Japanese swords). The front side contains a sign of Muramasa and a mantra sign myōhō renge kyō ( 妙法蓮華経 ) (a mantra from Namu Myōhō Renge Kyō or the Lotus Sutra of Nichiren Buddhism ). [ 4 ]
According to The Athletic's Paul Dehner Jr., Burrow gifted his offensive linemen a collection of authentic Japanese katanas, complete with their own origin story, town or battle. The group was ...
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.
Sword by the founder of the Taima branch; handed down in the Abe clan; curvature: 1.5 cm (0.59 in) Kamakura period, around Shōō era (1288–1293) 69.7 cm (27.4 in) Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords, Tokyo: Tachi [49] Nobuyoshi (延吉)
Historically in Japan, the ideal blade of a Japanese sword has been considered to be the kotō (古刀) (lit., "old swords") in the Kamakura period, and the swordsmiths from the Edo period (1603–1868) to the present day from the shinō (新刀) (lit., "new swords") period focused on reproducing the blade of the Japanese sword made in Kamakura ...