It is said that there were two very famous swords in ancient Japan, one named Muramasa, and the other is known as authentic. Legend has it that someone once inserted the knife in a small stream in order to test to see which of the two knives was stronger, so he inserted the knife in a small stream, and then drifted the leaf to the position of the blade, and the leaf was easily cut in half at the moment of contact with the blade of the village, proving that the village was indeed a good knife; and the authentic was the same, when the leaf drifted past, strange things happened, the leaf that drifted to the authentic was not only not cut in half, but looked like it was deliberately deviated, so a few more leaves were tested, completely deflected to the distance, It looks like you don't dare to get close. Therefore, people say that Masamune is a famous knife that is stronger than Muramasa, because its domineering spirit is so strong that even the leaves dare not come near. Of course, these are just legends, today we will take a look at the six most famous swords in Japan!
【Muramasa Demon Knife】
The Muramasa Demon Sword was made by Muramasa, a famous craftsman of the late Kamakura period and a disciple of Goro Okazaki who entered the True Sect.
The sword made by muramasa, a disciple of Okazaki Goro entering the path of Masamune, is said to have been resentful of Masamune's improper heart, and because Masamune did not pass on the secret of the water temperature control of his refining sword, he secretly stole this secret and passed it on, and after being discovered by Masamune, a knife cut off his wrist, and after Muramasa broke the door, he aimed to defeat the sword forged by Masamune, and with this evil heart into the sword, Muramasa has become synonymous with ominousness.
According to legend, the village is not right in the heart, and the evil heart is in the knife, and since then the village is becoming synonymous with ominousness.
In addition, Mura is entering the turbulent period of the Sengoku Period in Japan, the demand for Japanese swords is very large, Muramasa only produces the best knives that can be used in actual combat, perhaps because it is too sharp, in the Edo period began to have the title of "evil sword" and "demon sword", which was avoided by the world, and among the existing demon swords, the sword called "Myofa Murasho" was the most famous.
【Authentic】
Due to the legitimacy of "authenticity", it has always occupied a higher position than "Muramasa".
In fact, Japanese swords are mostly named after their casting masters, and the full name of "Masamune" is "Okazaki Goro Entering the True Sect". According to legend, the first generation of authentic, is a famous "ghost talent" in the Japanese sword casting industry, because he perceives that the personality of the disciple is somewhat different, and has not been taught his casting knife skills, did not expect to be stolen by the disciple, in a rage cut off the disciple's wrist and expelled from the division, his disciple was unwilling, and since then he vowed that he must create a sword beyond the master. Although Muramasa is known for its incomparable sharpness, due to the legitimacy of "authenticity", it has always occupied a higher position than "Muramasa".
【Nagasō Mihu che】
Like most Japanese swords, the word "Tiger" is not only the name of the sword, but also the name of the person who forged the sword. The knifesmith Toratoshi was born in Sawayama Castle, and as a young man fled to Kanazawa after the Battle of Sekigahara, where tor became famous as a forger. At this time, Hu Che was already a middle-aged man of more than half a hundred years old, and earlier, Hu Che called himself "Ancient Iron" and used various helmets and discarded iron nails to forge swords.
It is said that the knife from the hand of Hu Che is not only exquisitely made and sharp, but also has a unique ingenuity in the carving of the knife body.
In history, Hu Che has changed its name twice, in addition to "Hu Che", there are two titles of "ancient iron" and "quality iron".
It is said that the knife from the hand of Hu Che is not only exquisitely made and sharp, but also has a unique ingenuity in the carving of the knife body, which is a famous knife with unique craftsmanship whether it is killing people or admiring decorations. In history, Hu Che has changed its name twice, in addition to "Hu Che", there are two titles of "ancient iron" and "quality iron".
【Kikuichi text】
Because the blade is engraved with a chrysanthemum pattern representing the royal family, and a horizontal character pattern is carved under it, it is called a chrysanthemum script.
During the Kamakura period, during the later Toba Emperor Period, Emperor Go-Toba commissioned a scribe from Bizen Kingdom to --- Japanese swords forged by Nobusō. Tai Dao, the blade length of 78.48cm, the blade is extremely long, the body of the knife is thin and thin, the blade body near the handle is engraved with the 16 petals of chrysanthemum family emblem representing the royal family, and the bottom is carved with a horizontal character pattern. The sword forged by the Imperial Order of The Later Toba Emperor was made by the Yuanzu swordsman Zezong, because the blade was engraved with a chrysanthemum pattern representing the royal family, and a horizontal and one-character pattern was carved under it, so it was called Kikuichi character, and this knife has a history of more than 700 years.
【Mikazuki Muneki】
The "Mikichizuki Munjin" is one of the five famous swords representing Japan.
One of the five swords representing Japan, one of the five swords of the world, "Mikichizuki Munjin", is one of the earliest swordsmen in Japan, "Sanjo Munjin", which is highly praised for its artistic and cultural value, and has been designated as a national treasure by the Japanese government. Its blade length is 80 cm, which is the standard length of the Tai Knife, the body of the knife is greatly curved near the hand, and the body of the knife near the root is wide, and it is sharply narrowed near the front section.
"Mikitsu Tsuneyoshi" is also a masterpiece of Japanese swords in the Heian period.
Like this kind of meta-width and the first width of the gap is very large, the waist is a large shape, in the sword language is called "taん張りが強い (ta張強)", because "stepping zhang" will gradually disappear with re-grinding and other processing, so if the tread of a knife is still very strong, it means that it is a knife that is close to the shape at the time of production and has a good storage state. "Tajang Qiang" is a unique shape of the Heian period, and in this sense, the Mikichizuki Sect is also a representative work of the Heian period Japanese sword.
【Boy Cut】
The name Tong Zi Che comes from the legend "The Boy Who Swallowed the Wine" was born.
According to legend, during the reign of Emperor Ichijō, Genrai Hikari, a samurai belonging to the Genji clan, used this sword to behead the man-eating monster Sasuke Boy of The Great Mountains of The Tanba Kingdom, and this legend is "Sake Swallowing Boy Retreat", which is a famous story, from which the name of taido "Boy Cut" was derived. The sword was transferred from Ashikaga Yoshiaki to Toyotomi Hideyoshi's hands, and later passed through Tokugawa Ieyasu, whose daughter Katsuhime married Echizen Matsudaira Tadanaga as a dowry, and has always been a family lineage.