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BIZEN OSAFUNE JÛ NAGASHIGE 備前長船住長重 111123
The old historical writings on Japanese swords present Bizen Nagashige (備前長重) as being the younger brother and student of Bizen…
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NANBOKUCHÔ ERA TACHI OF THE HOKKE SCHOOL (法華系)
This is a powerful blade of the Hokke school of Bingo Provence. It is unsigned but that is usually the…
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Articles |The Beauty of the Japanese Sword by Michihiro Tanobe 田野邉道宏
Japanese swords are often perceived to be formidable and inaccessible objects that some people find objectionable or even abhorrent and…
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Articles |THE UCHIGATANA KOSHIRAE 打刀拵
The term, uchigatana (打刀), is made up of two Japanese words. The word, uchi (打), comes from the verb, utsu,…
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Articles |NIJI KUNITOSHI 二字国俊
A group of swordsmiths, founded by Kuniyuki (国行) and called the “Rai school”, existed in Kyoto and thrived from the…
