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.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatch永正七年二月一日の特別の裏年紀が刻された相州次広の入念作。相州鍛冶は、太田道灌や伊勢宗瑞などの名将が躍動した動乱の渦中にあっても尚、上質の刀を鍛造して他国の武将からの声望が高く、永正頃の次広は若狭武田氏に招かれ、小浜に移住したのであった。他にも広賀が山城、さらに伯耆へ移住。簀戸国次一門が紀州に相州伝の技術を伝えている。
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Sagami · around 1492-1501
Tōken Taikan top 49%
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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