The history of the Japanese people begins around the time of Christ in the last century BC when by which time they had migrated across from the mainland and were building a civilization on the Yamato…
Edo Period Japanese Sword Daisho Koshirae
Japanese Sword, 16th Century, in Shin-Gunto Mountings
It was quite common for senior officers of the Japanese Imperial Army who came from traditional samurai families to have a family heirloom sword blade mounted in army regulation mounts to carry on duty. For this…
Edo Period Tachi by Inshu Kanasaki of Hiroshima
It is unusual to come across a tachi sword that was made after the Warring States period in Japanese history ended. Although school textbooks tend to suggest that after the Battle of Sekigahara in 1600 Japan…
Historic Japanese Sword – Nihonto Tanren Kai – Yasukunito
The Japanese sword has acquired near legendary status as works of art and for the technical excellence that goes into making them. Japanese thinking is very different to Chinese thinking, and also very different to British…
