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| * [[Akechi Mitsuhide|Akechi Mitsuhide's]] sword : made by Bishû Osafune ju Chikakage (active in Gen-O, 1319) [http://www.sho-shin.com/chikkag1.JPG Picture] | | * [[Akechi Mitsuhide|Akechi Mitsuhide's]] sword : made by Bishû Osafune ju Chikakage (active in Gen-O, 1319) [http://www.sho-shin.com/chikkag1.JPG Picture] |
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− | *The [[Ashikaga clan]] sword, Ebina Kokaiji: made in [[Yamashiro province]] by Sanjô Kokaiji Munechika ([[Heian period]]). The sword is 29.7cm in length, and was later owned by the [[Toyotomi clan]], and then recovered from [[Osaka Campaigns|Osaka castle]] by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. Extant today in the collection of the Tokugawa Art Museum. | + | *The [[Ashikaga clan]] sword, Ebina Kokaiji: made in [[Yamashiro province]] by [[Sanjo Munechika|Sanjô Kokaiji Munechika]] ([[Heian period]]). The sword is 29.7cm in length, and was later owned by the [[Toyotomi clan]], and then recovered from [[Osaka Campaigns|Osaka castle]] by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. Extant today in the collection of the Tokugawa Art Museum. |
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− | * [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru|Ashikaga Yoshiteru's]] sword : made by Osafune Nagamitsu (active 1264-1319). National Treasure. Nicknamed Daihannya (Great Wisdom Personified); changed hands several times as booty, reward or valued present. Amongst its owners were [[Miyoshi Chokei]], [[Miyoshi Yoshitsugu]], [[Oda Nobunaga]], [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], [[Okudaira Nobumasa]], and then the [[Matsudaira clan]]. [http://www.sho-shin.com/Nagamits.JPG Oshigata] | + | * [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru|Ashikaga Yoshiteru's]] sword : made by [[Osafune Nagamitsu]] (active 1264-1319). National Treasure. Nicknamed Daihannya (Great Wisdom Personified); changed hands several times as booty, reward or valued present. Amongst its owners were [[Miyoshi Chokei]], [[Miyoshi Yoshitsugu]], [[Oda Nobunaga]], [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], [[Okudaira Nobumasa]], and then the [[Matsudaira clan]]. [http://www.sho-shin.com/Nagamits.JPG Oshigata] |
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| * [[Chiyoganemaru]] - Japanese blade refitted with Ryukyuan furniture; associated with the [[Sho Dynasty|royal family]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. National Treasure.<ref>Gallery labels, Naha City Museum of History.</ref> | | * [[Chiyoganemaru]] - Japanese blade refitted with Ryukyuan furniture; associated with the [[Sho Dynasty|royal family]] of the [[Ryukyu Kingdom|Ryûkyû Kingdom]]. National Treasure.<ref>Gallery labels, Naha City Museum of History.</ref> |
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| * [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]]'s sword : made by Ryumon Nobuyoshi - (active 1317). National Treasure. [http://www.sho-shin.com/ryumon.JPG Oshigata] | | * [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]]'s sword : made by Ryumon Nobuyoshi - (active 1317). National Treasure. [http://www.sho-shin.com/ryumon.JPG Oshigata] |
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| + | *Fudô Masamune, a Kamakura period ''[[tanto|tantô]]'' given by [[Maeda Toshinaga]] to Tokugawa Ieyasu, who in turn gave it to the [[Owari Tokugawa clan]]. It is now in the collection of the [[Tokugawa Art Museum]].<ref>Morgan Pitelka, ''Spectacular Accumulation'', University of Hawaii Press (2016), 89.</ref> |
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| * Fukuoka Ichimonji Sukezane, a 13th century ''uchigatana'' by the [[Kamakura period]] swordsmith Sukezane. Given to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] as a gift from [[Kato Kiyomasa|Katô Kiyomasa]]; now held at [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]]. [[National Treasure]]. | | * Fukuoka Ichimonji Sukezane, a 13th century ''uchigatana'' by the [[Kamakura period]] swordsmith Sukezane. Given to [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]] as a gift from [[Kato Kiyomasa|Katô Kiyomasa]]; now held at [[Nikko Toshogu|Nikkô Tôshôgû]]. [[National Treasure]]. |
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| * [[Hosokawa Yusai|Hosokawa Yûsai's]] sword : made by Bungo no Kuni Yukihira (active 987). National Treasure. [http://www.sho-shin.com/hosokawa.JPG Picture] | | * [[Hosokawa Yusai|Hosokawa Yûsai's]] sword : made by Bungo no Kuni Yukihira (active 987). National Treasure. [http://www.sho-shin.com/hosokawa.JPG Picture] |
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− | * [[Ii Naomasa|Ii Naomasa's]] sword: made by Rai Kunimitsu (debated if Jirôbe or Beijô, active from 1312 or 1350) [http://www.sho-shin.com/naomasa.JPG Picture] | + | * [[Ii Naomasa|Ii Naomasa's]] sword: made by [[Rai Kunimitsu]] (third head of the [[Rai school]]<ref>"Rai Kunimitsu, Sword Blade," gallery label, LACMA.[https://www.flickr.com/photos/toranosuke/16314786572/sizes/h/]</ref>, debated if Jirôbe or Beijô, active from 1312 or 1350) [http://www.sho-shin.com/naomasa.JPG Picture] |
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| * Jiganemaru (治金丸) - a sword associated with the royal family of the Ryûkyû Kingdom. According to the ''[[Kyuyo|Kyûyô]]'', it was presented to King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] by [[Nakasone Toyomiya|Nakasone Tuyumya]] of [[Miyakojima]] in [[1522]]. The unsigned 15th century blade and the 17th century black [[lacquer]]ed furniture are believed to have been made in Japan; the hilt is wrapped in sharkskin, and the ''[[kozuka]]'' are decorated with designs of auspicious clouds. Today, held in the Naha City Museum of History.<ref>Naha City Museum of History, [http://www.rekishi-archive.city.naha.okinawa.jp/archives/item1/2059 Digital Museum], 2015.</ref> | | * Jiganemaru (治金丸) - a sword associated with the royal family of the Ryûkyû Kingdom. According to the ''[[Kyuyo|Kyûyô]]'', it was presented to King [[Sho Shin|Shô Shin]] by [[Nakasone Toyomiya|Nakasone Tuyumya]] of [[Miyakojima]] in [[1522]]. The unsigned 15th century blade and the 17th century black [[lacquer]]ed furniture are believed to have been made in Japan; the hilt is wrapped in sharkskin, and the ''[[kozuka]]'' are decorated with designs of auspicious clouds. Today, held in the Naha City Museum of History.<ref>Naha City Museum of History, [http://www.rekishi-archive.city.naha.okinawa.jp/archives/item1/2059 Digital Museum], 2015.</ref> |
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| + | * A blade by [[Kunimune]] held at [[Terukuni Shrine]] in [[Kagoshima]]. Given to the shrine by [[Shimazu Tadashige]] in 1927, it is the only National Treasure held in [[Kagoshima prefecture]].<ref>"[http://www.shuseikan.jp/culture/culture10.html Terukuni jinja]," ''Shimazu-ke ga hagukunda bunka'', [[Shokoshuseikan|Shôkoshûseikan]] official website.</ref> |
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| * [[Kuroda Yoshitaka|Kuroda Josui Yoshitaka's]] sword: made by Hasebe Kunishige (active 1334). National Treasure. This was amongst Oda Nobunaga's favorite swords. [http://www.sho-shin.com/kunishig.JPG Picture] | | * [[Kuroda Yoshitaka|Kuroda Josui Yoshitaka's]] sword: made by Hasebe Kunishige (active 1334). National Treasure. This was amongst Oda Nobunaga's favorite swords. [http://www.sho-shin.com/kunishig.JPG Picture] |
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| *[[Tokugawa Ieshige]] and [[Tokugawa Ieharu|Ieharu's]] sword: made by Nobukuni (active 1334). This sword is an [[Tanto|Ô-tantô]], a large dagger. [http://www.sho-shin.com/nobukuni.JPG Oshigata] | | *[[Tokugawa Ieshige]] and [[Tokugawa Ieharu|Ieharu's]] sword: made by Nobukuni (active 1334). This sword is an [[Tanto|Ô-tantô]], a large dagger. [http://www.sho-shin.com/nobukuni.JPG Oshigata] |
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| + | *Tomokirimaru, a sword owned by the man who killed the father of the [[Soga Monogatari|Soga brothers]]; in some versions of the story, he obtained this sword by stealing it from their father.<ref>Constantine Vaporis, "A Hero for the Masses: The Kabuki Play Sukeroku: Flower of Edo (1713)," in Vaporis (ed.), ''Voices of Early Modern Japan'', Westview Press (2012), 195-196.; James Brandon. ''Kabuki: Five Classic Plays''. Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press, 1992. pp49-92.</ref> |
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| + | *A sword called Torigai Kunitoshi, made in the Kamakura period and lost in the [[battle of Sekigahara]]; it was recovered by [[Tomita Nobutaka]], who gave it as a gift to Tokugawa Ieyasu in [[1601]]. Ieyasu then gave the sword to the Owari Tokugawa clan, and it remains today in the [[Tokugawa Art Museum]].<ref>Pitelka, 81.</ref> |
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| *The [[Toyotomi clan]] sword Ichigo Hitofuri, made by the [[Kamakura period]] smith Yoshimitsu. Recovered after the Osaka Campaigns by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. | | *The [[Toyotomi clan]] sword Ichigo Hitofuri, made by the [[Kamakura period]] smith Yoshimitsu. Recovered after the Osaka Campaigns by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]]. |