5 SIMPLE TECHNIQUES FOR KATANA SWORDS

commonly, the blade as well as the sword mounting of Japanese swords are shown independently in museums, and this tendency is remarkable in Japan. In 1719, Tokugawa Yoshimune, the 8th shogun from the Tokugawa shogunate, requested Hon'ami Kōchū, who was an authority of sword appraisal, to history swords possessed by daimyo around Japan in guides.