"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 katana sword was made by Osafune Kagemitsu, a swordsmith who was active at the end of the Kamakura period (1185-1333). It was a favorite of Oda Nobuhide, and after his death it passed to his son, Oda Nobunaga. Please enjoy the bold beauty of this sword in full detail in this 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 sword, with no inscription, attributed to Kagemitsu (owned by Oda Nobuhide)
www.touken-world.jp/search/530/
KZfaq videos about Japanese swords
www.touken-world.jp/video/
Virtual Touken Museum TOUKEN WORLD (KATANA WORLD)
www.touken-world.jp/
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Touken World's KZfaq Channel
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