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室町後期永禄頃の美濃金高と極められて鑑定書が付された脇差。たっぷりとした身幅、掻き通しの棒樋、鋒が大きく延びた風格ある姿は、南北朝期の古名刀の大磨上を想起させる。細かな横鑢が丁寧に掛けられた茎には朱銘の痕跡が窺え、「志津」等の極めがあったものと思われる。
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Mino · around 1558-1570
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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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