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.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchSelling Price (tax included) ¥360,000 Stock Status: Reserved Reserved B4300 ¥360,000 Morinaga No rust, no chips. Itame tsumu. Suguha mixed with gunome. Chu-kissaki. Suriage nakago. Kiri. Copper habaki. Black lacquered glossy saya with sayajiri and kabutogane. Round iron tsuba with Gosan-no-kiri kin-zogan. "Bungo-ju Taira Morinaga". Sword Number B4300 10,000 yen ¥360,000 Mei Morinaga Nagasa cm 65.4 Sori 1.2 Mekugi 3 Era Late Muromachi period Hamon Midare Motohaba 2.9 Motojisane 0.7 Sakihaba 1.9 Sakikasane 0.4 Weight g 726 Registration Number Shimane 6197 Registration Year Showa 29
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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.