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ROKUDAI TADAYOSHI 六代忠吉
Read moreRokudai Tadayoshi (六代忠吉), the sixth generation, was born in 1736. The fifth generation Tadayoshi (忠吉) had two sons and the…
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HORIKAWA KUNITAKE 堀川国武
Read moreKunitake (国武) was a student of the famous Shinto sword maker, Horikawa Kunihiro (堀川国廣). Kunitake (国武) lived around the first…
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THE CHÔGI SCHOOL and BIZEN NAGAMORI 長義系 と 備前長守
Read moreChogi (長義), also known as Nagayoshi (長義), along with Kanemitsu (兼光) are thought to be two of the truly great…
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THE TANTÔ 短刀
Read moreA tantô is traditionally described as being a Japanese sword of less than one shaku in length. This equates to…
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THE BITCHU AOE SCHOOL 備中青江
Read moreTo properly understand the foundation and beginnings of the Bitchu Aoe School (備中青江) we must first study geography and history. …
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THE BUNGO TAKADA SCHOOL 豊後高田
Read moreThe province of Bungo (豊後) in Kyushu produced such excellent sword smiths as Yukihira (行平) in the Koto times. Tomoyuki…
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GOJO KUNINAGA 五条国永
Read moreThe founder of the Sanjo School was Sanjo Munechika. (三条宗近). He worked around the Eien era (987-989). Exact records from…
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THE NAOE SHIZU KEI 直江志津系
Read moreThe end of the Kamakura era brought two important sword smiths to Mino Province, Kaneuji (兼氏) and Kinjû (金重). Kaneuji…
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF JAPANESE ARMOR
Read moreThe earliest surviving examples of Japanese armor are those artifacts excavated from the great tumuli dating to the fifth century…
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MAGOROKU KANEMOTO 孫六兼元
Read moreMagoroku Kanemoto (孫六兼元) worked in Akasaka in Mino Province around the beginning of the sixteenth century. He flourished during the…
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IZUMI NO KAMI KUNISADA 和泉守国貞
Read moreKunisada (国貞) was born in Tensho 18 (1590) in Hyuga province, present day Miyazaki prefecture. He became a student of…
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HASEBE KUNISHIGE AND HASEBE KUNINOBU 長谷部国重&長谷部国信
Read moreHasebe Kunishige (長谷部国重) has long been considered to be a pupil of Masamune (正宗) (Masamune Juttetsu). His oldest remaining dated…