swords that have been given nicknames due for their cutting ability

Volker62 · 2026-03-14T09:29:51Z

a blade attributed to Naoe shizu Kanenobu refers to the lineage of swordsmith from the Naoe shizu shool (a branch of soshu tradition)

Namboku-cho perode (14century) classic shizu style

with a nickname kin zogan Gold inlaid signature " Asaraashi Moring storm"

Theb Name Asaraashi /morning storm in this case, refer's to sharpness of this blade, whose cutting power is so pure and unstoppable that it leaves no traces

eternal_newbie · 2026-03-14T09:50:42Z

If this topic interests you, @Hoshi and @Markus have an excellent Substack entry on the Ochiba ("Falling Leaf") Sanekage: https://nihontology.substack.com/p/the-falling-leaf

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It is thus possible that the Ochiba name of the blade in question was not coined because it cuts so effortlessly like leaves falling off trees in a breeze in autumn, but as a reference to said story, meaning that the blade cuts so powerfully that it makes leaves fall off from trees…

Volker62 · 2026-03-14T10:02:37Z

Rohan

Asaraashi means literally "morning storm" and refers to strong storms in the morning which make it impossible for fresh snow to

remain on moring peak's.

but it can also refer to a heavy storm which makes you slip and fall on a wintery mountain, so we basically have here the same allusion as the nickname

"Sasanoyuki"

OceanoNox · 2026-03-14T12:28:23Z

https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/へし切長谷部

Heshigiri Hasebe is a national treasure on display in the Fukuoka Museum. The story goes that a servant was rude to Oda Nobunaga, who wanted to punish the servant. Said servant fled and hid under some kind of furniture. So Oda cut him by pushing the sword into him, not by swinging. Hence the name "Heshigiri" (cut by pushing).