Hijikata Sword On Display In Kyoto

[md02geist]

http://www.asahi.com/sp/ajw/articles/AJ201605110006.html

 

 

Neat stuff

[Greg F]

Hi Rob great link, nice to see this sword after watching Toshiro Mifune's Shinsengumi band of assassins last night. Its cool finding out who made swords for Samurai that I learn about. Thanks for sharing.

 

Greg

[Shogun8]

Very interesting - thanks for sharing!

 

John

[SteveM]

And another sword story that came out of Kyoto this week... Sakamoto Ryoma's sword, which was surrounded in doubt due to the sword not quite matching the historical descriptions, was found to be genuine after some supporting evidence showed up in a completely different place (explaining why the sword looked the way it did - short story is that the sword was damaged by fire and repaired). Anyway, something else to see along with the above next time you are in Kyoto. 

 

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201605120071.html

[Greg F]

Very cool Steve. Thanks for sharing.

 

Greg

[md02geist]

And another sword story that came out of Kyoto this week... Sakamoto Ryoma's sword, which was surrounded in doubt due to the sword not quite matching the historical descriptions, was found to be genuine after some supporting evidence showed up in a completely different place (explaining why the sword looked the way it did - short story is that the sword was damaged by fire and repaired). Anyway, something else to see along with the above next time you are in Kyoto. 

 

http://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/AJ201605120071.html

 

 

Or rather, the first time I am in Kyoto.