Swords
The blade itself. Steel smelted from iron sand, folded and differentially hardened, and the smiths still doing it by hand, plus the tsuba, the mountings and the collectors.
Part of Japan
23 moments in this segment.
- - Sword Guard (Tsuba), a second example by Unknown. Sword guard (Tsuba), late 14th century, Japanese, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
- - Blades and Mountings for a Pair of Swords (Daishō). ), sword (katana) blade, dated 1440; short sword (wakizashi) blade, 15th century; mountings, late 18th century, Japanese, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
- - Sword Guard (Tsuba), example 5 by Kyōsukashi School. Sword guard (Tsuba), late 16th century, Japanese, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
- - Sword Guard (Tsuba), a third example by Hirata School. Sword guard (Tsuba), ca. 1615–1868, Japanese, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
- - 虫尽金具大小拵 Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana). Blade and mounting for a sword (<i>Katana</i>), blade, 17th century; mounting, early 19th century, Japanese, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
- - Chrysanthemum crane Tsuba, 17th century (CH 18341891). Tsuba. This Kyo-sukashi (Kyoto openwork) style tsuba takes the form of a tsuru maru (crane circle). At the center is the nakago-ana, an opening through which the sword passes, with traces of sekigane (plugs added to fit the tsuba to a sword) made of shakudo (a soft copper and gold alloy). The surrou
- - Blade and Mounting for a Short Sword (Wakizashi). ), blade, late 17th century; mounting, 19th century, Japanese, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
- - Sword Guard (Tsuba), example 4 by Omori Hidenaga. Sword guard (Tsuba), 18th century, Japanese, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
- - Blade and Mounting for a Sword (Katana), a second example by Naotane Taikei. Blade and mounting for a sword (Katana), blade, dated 1839; mounting, 19th century, Japanese, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
- - 唐草図鐔 Sword Guard (Tsuba). Sword guard (<i>Tsuba</i>), 19th century, Japanese, Metropolitan Museum of Art open-access; digitised reproduction of the original artefact.
- - WLA haa Sword by Kenji Nobuhide Kurihara. Japanese sword katana blade museum. Kenji Nobuhide Kurihara (active ca. 1880s) Sword Japan, Meiji period, ca. 1880 Steel, wood Gift of Allen and Nobuko Zecha, 2004 (13072.1) Sukezane (1204-1316) Sword with Scabbard Japan Blade: Kamakura period, early 14th century, steel Scabbard and guard, Meiji per
- - Katana blade-IMG 4683-white. Japanese sword katana blade museum. Katana blade
- - Katana blade-IMG 4683-black. Japanese sword katana blade museum. Katana blade
- - Giappone, elsa tsuba per spada, xvi-xix secolo, 03 cestino. Tsuba. Art of Japan in the Indianapolis Museum of Art
- - Giappone, elsa tsuba per spada, xvi-xix secolo, 02 dragi tra nubi. Tsuba. Art of Japan in the Indianapolis Museum of Art
- - Giappone, elsa tsuba per spada, xvi-xix secolo, 04 venauture. Tsuba. Art of Japan in the Indianapolis Museum of Art
- - Giappone, elsa tsuba per spada, xvi-xix secolo, 05 racemi. Tsuba. Art of Japan in the Indianapolis Museum of Art
- - Giappone, periodo edo, tsuba (coprimano da elsa di spada), xviii e xix secolo, 01 gru. Tsuba. Art of Japan in the Cincinnati Art Museum
- - Giappone, collezione di tsuba, paramano di impugnature per spada, xvii-xix secolo 01. Tsuba. Art of Japan in the Museo civico d'arte siamese Stefano Cardu
- - From Iron Sand to Sword: The Eight Stages of Katana Forging. Kumamoto Craft Hall film documenting swordsmith Genrokuro Matsunaga through the full sequence: iron-sand gathering, tamahagane sorting, stacking, folding, shaping, clay coating and quenching.
- - Bologna - Palazzo Poggi 3468. Tsuba. The Museo di Palazzo Poggi in Bologna, Italy.
- - Forging Blue-Bright Steel: Swordsmith Kawachi Kunihira. Nara Prefecture intangible-heritage film archive record of Michio Kawachi (smith name Kunihira), holder of the nationally designated Important Intangible Cultural Property for Japanese sword-making technique.
- - The Only Sword-Making Couple in Japan Producing Tamahagane. TV Asahi report on the sole husband-and-wife team in Japan smelting tamahagane steel and forging swords by traditional method.
