NARA--Some of the finest swords ... samurai warriors at the waist during the Edo Period. Swords dedicated to Kasuga Taisha are deemed to be extremely valuable because many of them were never used ...

Yasuke’s remarkable journey took him from Africa to the ranks of Oda Nobunaga’s forces, where he became one of Japan’s most intriguing figures.

a short sword made by a master craftsman of the Kamakura Period (1185-1333); and a ceremonial dagger of the Imperial Government Railways from the Meiji Era (1868-1912). In total, 31 Japanese ...

Japanese sword making is a tradition ... Master Akihira has been making swords for 21 years. He was inspired by a sword made by the legendary 13th century swordsmith Masamune.

At HiSui Tokyo we offer instruction on the dignity, conduct and movement of the samurai ... wore this short sword because if they made a careless mistake, More from How Real Is It?

while the samurai became adept with the famed katana sword. Although crude Chinese handguns reached Japan by the early 16th century, the later introduction of the European arquebus and its armor ...

The traditional katana sword is fashioned only from the purest steel, which the Japanese call tamahagane ... balance of properties is what made the katana the samurai's most durable and prized ...

More specifically, LignoSat is made with honoki, a magnolia tree native to Japan whose wood was historically used to craft samurai sword sheaths. The origins of LignoSat (named after the Latin ...

Ubisoft has made ... his samurai status. Although there are several testimonies in this regard, Japanese historian Yu Hirayama has pointed out that there is no doubt that Yasuke was a real samurai.