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    A Japanese sword (Japanese: 日本刀, Hepburn: nihontō) is one of several types of traditionally made swords from Japan. Bronze swords were made as early as...
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    Japanese sword mountings are the various housings and associated fittings (tosogu) that hold the blade of a Japanese sword when it is being worn or stored...
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  • The katana sword appears in many folk tales as well as legends. This piece of Japanese history not only appears in old folklore, it is also very popular...
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    (Japanese Sword Museum) The Japanese Sword Museum or Tōken hakubutsukan (刀剣博物館) situated in Tokyo, is a small museum dedicated to the art of Japanese swordmaking...
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  • Production of the Japanese tachi, a precursor to the katana, is recorded from c. AD 900 (see Japanese sword). Japan was famous for the swords it forged in...
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  • Sword Art Online is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara with accompanying illustrations drawn by abec. The series takes place in the...
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    Samurai (redirect from Samuri sword)
    Impact on Japan". Kyoto Journal. 26 April 2017. Retrieved 25 October 2020. 天皇陵. Imperial Household Agency 守護大名と戦国武将 (in Japanese). The Japanese Sword Museum...
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  • Sword Gai (Japanese: ソードガイ, Hepburn: Sōdo Gai) is a Japanese manga series written by Toshiki Inoue with original character design by Keita Amemiya and...
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  • confiscated Japanese sword. However, the Japanese sword introduced during this period was not the origin of the Hwando. The Hwando and the Japanese Sword have...
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  • (剣) or ken (剣) is a Japanese sword. The word is used in the West to refer to a specific type of Japanese straight, double-edged sword used in antiquity...
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  • Sword Art Online is a Japanese science fiction anime television series based on the light novel series of the same title written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated...
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  • The second season of the Sword Art Online anime television series, titled Sword Art Online II, is based on the light novel series written by Reki Kawahara...
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    Katana (redirect from Samurai sword)
    among Western sword enthusiasts, although daitō is a generic name for any Japanese long sword, literally meaning "big sword". As Japanese does not have...
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    The guntō (軍刀, military sword) was a ceremonial sword produced for the Imperial Japanese army and navy after the introduction of conscription in 1872....
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    the glossary of Japanese swords, including major terms the casual reader might find useful in understanding articles on Japanese swords. Within definitions...
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    naginata, nagamaki, tachi, nodachi, ōdachi, kodachi, and ya (arrow). Japanese sword blades were often forged with different profiles, different blade thicknesses...
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    from the Ryukyu Archipelago in Japan. It has recently been placed on Japan's Red List of Threatened Amphibians. Sword-tail newts are poisonous, and may...
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    legendary Japanese sword and one of three Imperial Regalia of Japan. It was originally called Ame-no-Murakumo-no-Tsurugi (天叢雲剣, "Heavenly Sword of Gathering...
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  • of Underworld 8". Sword Art Online (in Japanese). Retrieved October 12, 2019. Official website (in Japanese) Official US website Sword Art Online: Alicization...
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    Masamune (redirect from Tokugawa sword)
    was a medieval Japanese blacksmith widely acclaimed as Japan's greatest swordsmith. He created swords and daggers, known in Japanese as tachi and tantō...
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  • Sword Art Online Progressive: Scherzo of Deep Night (Japanese: 劇場版 ソードアート・オンライン -プログレッシブ- 冥き夕闇のスケルツォ, Hepburn: Gekijōban Sōdo Āto Onrain Puroguresshibu...
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  • Machigatteiru Darō ka Gaiden: Sōdo Oratoria), or DanMachi: Sword Oratoria for short, is a Japanese light novel side story series, written by Fujino Ōmori...
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    The Seven-Branched Sword (Japanese: 七支刀, Hepburn: Shichishitō) is a ceremonial sword believed to be a gift from the king of Baekje to a Yamato ruler....
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  • Japan from the 3rd to the 6th century AD, but were succeeded by native Japanese swords by the middle Heian era. Knives were found in Fu Hao's tomb, dated...
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    horseback with the Japanese sword acting as a secondary weapon. As a result of the war, intellectuals of the Mongol Empire regarded Japanese swords as a threat...
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    Sword polishing is part of Japanese swordsmithing where a blade is polished after forging. It gives the shining appearance and beauty to the sword. When...
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    of feudal Japan, means "methods, techniques, and the art of the Japanese sword". This is opposed to kendo, which means "the way of the sword" and uses...
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  • Sword Art Online (Japanese: ソードアート・オンライン, Hepburn: Sōdo Āto Onrain) is a Japanese light novel series written by Reki Kawahara and illustrated by abec...
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    Ōdachi (category Japanese sword types)
    (large/great sword) or nodachi (野太刀, field sword) is a type of traditionally made Japanese sword (日本刀, nihontō) used by the samurai class of feudal Japan. The...
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    Chokutō (category Ancient swords of Japan)
    The chokutō (直刀, 'straight sword') is a straight, single-edged Japanese sword that was mainly produced prior to the 9th century. Its basic style is likely...
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