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Submitted by admin on Sun, 2008-11-02 23:52
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JSSUS - Nihonto Knowledge Base |
This site offers a great online database of swordsmiths and the eras they worked in. |
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Meiboku |
This site is intended to provide information about Japanese swords (Nihontô).
To understand, date and identify Japanese swords it is important to study the shape and form of blades, the patterning (hada) of the surface metal, the pattern and age of file marks (yasurime) on the tang, the shape and features of the hamon and so on.
It is also very difficult to gain any understanding of Nihontô without being able to decipher Japanese characters (kanji) to read the signatures (mei) and other inscriptions on sword tangs (nakago). There is much information on the site to help you translate mei, together with information to enable you to describe various features of Japanese swords so that you can communicate easily about them. |
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Nihonto Kanji Pages |
Richard Turner's Nihonto Kanji Pages. It offers great help in deciphering the kanji found on Japanese swords, Kodôgu and even web sites that sell Nihontô and other items. |
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