Japanese Swords
Japanese Swords With over 300 stunning photographs and woodblock prints along with extensive historical and cultural commentary, Japanese Swords is the ultimate authority on Samurai…
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Japanese Swords
With over 300 stunning photographs and woodblock prints along with extensive historical and cultural commentary, Japanese Swords is the ultimate authority on Samurai weaponry.Historically, Japanese warriors considered their swords to be more elevated than simple weaponry. Traditionally worn by the samurai as a sign of social status, the Japanese sword represented the junction between the ruling military class and those whom they ruled. Their swords were both lethal tools and divine companions -- social and religious icons.
Many scholars consider it to be the finest sword ever constructed.Concerning symbolism and historical importance, no other blade comes close to the Japanese sword. Moreover, the samurai sword was a technological and artistic marvel. With a historical, iconographical, and technological perspective, author Cohn M.
Roach provides an in-depth study