"Touken World", a virtual Japanese sword museum, is a website that displays a variety of artistically valuable and technologically impressive Japanese swords (called “touken”) and armor. The Touken World website conveys a comprehensive fund of information about Japanese swords and armor. Everyone, from beginners to experts, can learn a lot from the photos, illustrations and video clips as well as the written explanations of the exhibits. The website also offers a Touken World channel on KZfaq, so you can also enjoy videos showing Japanese swords and armor, and learn about the art museums and shrines where Japanese swords are displayed.
This sword is attributed to Masamune, a master swordsmith toward the end of the Kamakura period (1185-1333), regarded as the completion of the Soshu tradition. Features of Masamune’s craft can be seen on the blade and flat area of the present sword. This prized sword was once owned by Emperor Komei, the father of Emperor Meiji. Masamune was born in Kamakura in 1263 as the son of the master swordsmith Tosaburo. In his career he perfected the Soshu tradition. In the sphere of Japanese swords, he is revered as the master who put new life to the Japanese tradition of sword making. You can appreciate the beauty of the martensite crystals of the Soshu tradition on the accompanying KZfaq video.
A virtual Japanese sword museum, "Touken World", offers a variety of information about Japanese swords and armor, including basic knowledge, history and trivia, people and battles related to Japanese swords, and the master swordsmiths who created noted swords. There is also a lot of other enjoyable content, including various games related to Japanese swords and sections of the touken senryu (amusing haiku about Japanese swords) and famous Japanese Kanji idioms related to Japanese swords. You can enjoy Japanese swords and armor virtually from various perspectives on the Touken World website, as well as on the Touken World channel on KZfaq.
Katana long sword, with no inscription, attributed to Masamune
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KZfaq videos about Japanese swords
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Virtual Touken Museum TOUKEN WORLD (KATANA WORLD)
www.touken-world.jp/
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Touken World's KZfaq Channel
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