Changes

a sword with blade length shorter than 1 shaku and 5 sun (45.54cm).

a sword with blade length shorter than 1 shaku and 5 sun (45.54cm).

Others edicts followed to fix balde lenghts for high-ranking Samurai and  

Others edicts followed to fix blade lenghts for high-ranking Samurai and  

Hatamoto when on duty in Edo and in the mid-Edo period we can find what is

Hatamoto when on duty in Edo and in the mid-Edo period we can find what is

generally accepted as the standard lenghts for japanese swords blades .

generally accepted as the today's standard lenghts for japanese swords blades .

*Tanto - to be shorter than 1 shaku (= 30.3cm)

*Tanto - to be shorter than 1 shaku (= 30.3cm)