In total, 31 Japanese swords of various styles line an exhibition room at the museum. Some of them are as valuable as government-designated important cultural properties, officials said.

When I was a kid, I was fascinated by a traditional katana my grandfather had brought home from Japan in 1945. Years later, I ...

At HiSui Tokyo we offer instruction on the dignity, conduct and movement of the samurai. "The Sword of Doom" (1966) A ronin is walking through a pine forest. He shuffles forward using suriashi ...

Perhaps this deep attachment had something to do with the perfect melding of form and function found in the katana, as the famous curved sword is known ... that a master Japanese swordsmith ...

Though their meticulously crafted battle armor and elaborate helmets shaped into utterly frightening countenances could fill ...

The special exhibition dedicated to the Yamanbagiri Kunihiro, a sword associated with the city, will be held from Feb. 8 to March 23. The Honsaku Nagayoshi, another famous sword that the ...

Not only did Burrow give each of his offensive lineman one of Japan's most famous swords ... describe a long sword distinct from the tachi, which had previously been the Japanese's sword of ...