And after a 5 year apprenticeship and years of training he became one of the 180 sword smiths working across Japan. Japanese swords have always been more than just weapons, they were artworks ...

In total, 31 Japanese swords of various styles line ... The collection allows stylistic comparison of the five major sword making regions of Japan known as the “gokaden” (literally, “five ...

And after a 5 year apprenticeship and years of training he became one of the 180 sword smiths working across Japan. Japanese swords have always been more than just weapons, they were artworks ...

NARA--Some of the finest swords of Japan’s feudal age are now on show at the Kasuga Taisha shrine here. Many of them are national treasures. What sets the blades apart is that they were ...

Japanese swords are called "metal made art." The once lost techniques used to make them prior to the 16th century are now on the verge of rediscovery. Ancient swords such as this tachi displayed ...

The term "samurai" comes from the Japanese word saburau ... became adept with the famed katana sword. Although crude Chinese handguns reached Japan by the early 16th century, the later ...

In Japan, not even the ... concern” over the product. Japanese media, including public broadcaster NHK, said that investigators had found that the replica swords were sharp enough that they ...

Bandai's Proplica brand released life-size replicas of Zoro's famous three swords with special features. The set includes the Wado Ichimonji, Sandai Kitetsu, and Enma, along with a display stand and ...

Replicas of a sword featured in the Harry Potter film franchise have been recalled in Japan for violating the country's strict weapons law. The full-sized replicas of Godric Gryffindor's sword ...

An curved arrow pointing right. Hirakawa Yasuhiro is a master blacksmith for Sasuke in Sakai, Japan, who forges scissors with techniques that were used to make swords, knives, and weapons.