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==History==
==History==
According to the Ryukyuan official history ''[[Kyuyo|Kyûyô]]'', the defeated king of [[Hokuzan]] killed himself with this sword in [[1416]], when his kingdom was conquered by [[Chuzan|Chûzan]].
According to the Ryukyuan official history ''[[Kyuyo|Kyûyô]]'', the defeated king of [[Hokuzan]] killed himself with this sword in [[1416]], when his kingdom was conquered by [[Chuzan|Chûzan]].
It is said that as [[Nakijin gusuku|his castle]] fell, [[Hananchi]] used the sword to smash a sacred stone in the [[gusuku|castle's]] ''[[utaki]]'' (central sacred space), and then committed suicide with the blade. He is said to have thrown Chiyoganemaru into the river as he died, after which it supposedly was carried by the currents to [[Iheya Island]], where someone found it and gifted it to the kings of Chûzan.
==Description==
==Description==
