Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchSugata: A chu-naginata, with skillfully carved naginata-hi, and an overall well-proportioned, good sugata. Jitetsu: Nioi-deki. Itame is well-tightened with chikei, making it refined. Hamon: Gunome, with nie concentrated along the habuchi, and the ha has a slightly sunken appearance. Boshi: Togari-gokoro with a deep kaeri.
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Musashi · around 1624-1644
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 60%
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The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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