I was surprised by the lack of information that the Japanese population has on a historical and artistic asset such as traditional blades. I have great respect for the craftsmanship of your nation, and particularly in the enormous tradition of creating swords of elegance and character. Thank you very much for the effort to disseminate these concepts.
I love your videos and it’s also helpful for me because I’m trying to figure out what exactly the sword is that I bought from my Sensei.. so far I know it’s definitely Koto and maybe Nanbokucho period blade
5:14 These grooves are also often called "fullers" in English. I haven't seen any as decorative as seen in these examples, but there is a pretty iconic one on the Ka-Bar knife.
Thank you for the video! Can you explain why one couldn't enter Edo castle with a leather wrapped tsuka? (8m15s) 僕の日本語が苦ってすみませんですけど、でもどうして皮革つかいとと江戸城にはいれられません?理由はなんですか.
Love videos likes these that give a little inside peek of the technical workings on how kinko tosogu is made. Also happy people like Kei Tsujimoto and Ford Hallam are continuing this highly skilled craft in the modern day world!
Thank you very much for the video! It deepened my interest a lot. I never knew that a kozuka, a part of the sword I thought was unimportant could be so fascinating and interesting! Thank you to everyone at the 日本刀の美 team too, I greatly appreciate the time you take, and how you bring the beauty of Japanese swords to everyone!
I think maybe what can also help the increase of sword enthausias are Koryū which also are spreading in Europe for example.. there are schools like Hōkushin Ittō-Ryū, Mugai Ryu etc. and i think many practitioners overseas who also study Japanese culture and art outside the usual training have an appreciation for Nihonto new and old.