Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchA koto katana signed, Yamashiro Kokaji Munechike Shinozukure, iroi mune, chu kissaki. 1 shaku 8 sun 1 bu 8 rin (55.1 cm / 21.69"). Motohaba: 2.5 cm Sakihab: 2 cm 6 mm Kasane: 6 mm. Hadatatsu running mokume masame hada. Chu suguba. Some patches of rust as shown. Munted in shirasaya with sayagaki. Silver foil habaki. The owner's name ison the cloth tagattachedto h saya. This is not the maker of Kogarasu maru. This is a production of Muromachi times. I have found 13 smiths who signed Munechika in koto times, but none with the Yamashiro Kokaji.
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Iga · around 1332-1334
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The Muromachi period (1392 to 1573)
Muromachi turned sword making into an industry: the uchigatana rose with massed infantry warfare, Osafune and Seki produced bundle swords beside custom orders, and the Ming trade carried Japanese blades abroad by the tens of thousands.
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