Katana kaji in Okinawa?

[DTM72]

Was curious as to if there were ever anysmiths in Okinawa. Was there even a need for them there? Prior to WWII I never read of any great samurai battles there. My mind wanders to odd places sometimes.

[Stephen]

Afu reported to me once their was a womam smith. 

[Stephen]

https://new.uniquejapan.com/home/.

 

Pablo used to sell there and have shows there you could ask him he'd probably tell you for sure.

[ckaiserca]

Everyone knows that's where Hattori Hanzō lives 

[DoTanuki yokai]

I think there is only one that went there recently from somewhere that starts with an S. (With Chika in his signature but forgot what else )In the past I think it was too hard to get the Tamahaghane there also I think it was too far away from the battlefields. 

[Fuuten]

25 minutes ago, ckaiserca said:

Everyone knows that's where Hattori Hanzō lives 

Kill Bill 2 was on tv not two days ago here! Didn't he operate out of a sushi bar or something like that in the movie? (I happened to miss the first half).

[Stephen]

Heaven forbid anybody Google Okinawa Japanese swordsmith.

https://www.stripes.com/living/lifestyle/okinawa-s-only-sword-maker-a-far-cry-from-hollywood-image-1.52421

[Stephen]

https://markussesko.com/2014/09/01/ryukyuan-swords-and-japans-foreign-trade-loophole/

[WulinRuilong]

兼工房_日本刀鍛冶の技術と沖縄伝統漆工芸の融合_沖縄県南城市 (kaneruor.jp)

The answer is Yes. Here is his website.

[Baba Yaga]

On 3/20/2022 at 11:03 AM, Stephen said:

Afu reported to me once their was a womam smith. 

 

Is Harry still with us?

[Brian]

Afraid not, he passed a few years ago.

[Baba Yaga]

Ya, most of all the greats I learned from are no longer with us. 

 

[waljamada]

On 3/20/2022 at 1:03 PM, Stephen said:

Afu reported to me once their was a womam smith. 

 

Are there any historically recognize/known women smiths and meis?

[waljamada]

1 minute ago, waljamada said:

 

Are there any historically recognize/known women smiths and meis?

Kinda answered my own question via googlin and it lead me back to NMB .

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Onna-musha