Keychains featuring swordsmiths in west Japan city a hit with blade lovers

SETOUCHI, Okayama -- Acrylic keychains featuring swordsmiths are gaining popularity at a sword museum in this western Japan city amid a "touken" blade･･･ ...
Archaeology

Historic Japanese Sword Recovered From World War II Rubble in Berlin

BERLIN, GERMANY—A short sword dated to seventeenth-century Japan was discovered in Berlin in 2022, according to a Live Science report. The Edo-period weapon was found during the excavation of ...
Smithsonian Magazine

This Decorated Samurai Sword Found in Rubble Beneath Berlin May Have Been a Diplomatic Gift

The sword's guard is decorated with chrysanthemum and waterline motifs. State Museums of Berlin, Museum of Prehistory and Early History / Anica Kelp Archaeologists have discovered history buried ...
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Iwakuni museum stores an armory’s worth of ancient samurai weaponry

A museum packed with samurai weapons and armor stands near the iconic Kintaikyo Bridge in Iwakuni, a short drive from the Marine Corps air station in Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan. The Kashiwabara ...
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7.5-foot-long sword from 4th-century Japan may have 'protected' deceased from evil spirits

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. The iron dakō sword has heavily rusted after more than 16 centuries underground. In this photograph, a replica of the sword lies ...
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The Peabody Museum collection of Japanese sword guards : with selected pieces of sword furniture : [catalogue] / by John D. Hamilton ; photos. by Mark Sexton

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