Japanese sword development history

Japanese sword development historyEarly tang dynasty in China, China's smelting forging technology and economic get unprecedented development, the high cost of tang dao has been introduced into the han dao smelting skill Japan, but when the emperor of Japan see superior performance superb work of tang dao, also surprise said, only to cast a so superior central plains of the sword. Japan and learning the method of forging tang dao, and to improve it, we become the see the world today owns one of the big three Japanese dao. And after the tang dynasty, China's tang knife forging skills gradually lost (today after the Chinese dao jian potter's efforts have can recovery excellent performance in tang dao). And Japanese sword to its good performance in the world occupies a place in the cold and enjoy a good reputation and fame. Japanese sword form, from late peace, after the northern and southern dynasties, room is storehouse, Harding, Ann soil peach mountain, river 戸 early, middle period, the passage of the act, there's a big change. Main show is from the straight knife to the bending of the change, straight knife for karzai thorn, curved knife to cut with suitable, the reason that has this change is mainly caused by the change of fighting style, from the late start of peace, for the right fight right away, cutting tools are being improved. Japanese sword production, from the late storehouse era is peace, appeared and countries, before for kingdom, and mountain city countries, phase mode kingdom, the strong countries five center, and the local MingJiang coming forth in large Numbers.
In ancient time             
Before the end of the sword of the era of peace are classified as ancient knife, the knife form different from now common Japanese dao, or for straight blade, or with double feng. Ancient dao is rare, is an important archaeological materials. Japan has been the grave age of iron sword. Such as jade of rice by county zanretsuken mountain ancient grave and island gold wrong inscription iron jian
The root of orogenic ancient grave county have iron jian unearthed. From rice mountain ancient grave Hollywood unearthed "gold wrong inscription iron jian" made in A.D. 471, a memorial to serve the male of the emperor and slightly merit, the knife is engraved with 115 Chinese characters. This time the sword has rust. 7-8 th century the sword save after more complete, the famous four heavenly king of the temple bell pepper "how many mooncakes one gets measures son c seven swords, ZhengCangYuan of gold and silver twinkle ZhuangTang long dao, according to research these sword is more for China, north Korea's foreign import. This time, wu (southeast China floorboard) sword is considered to be the best in China, to push the emperor of the ancient poems have appreciated. At the same time foreign forging process large inflow sent Japan's forging level have also risen sharply. ZhengCangYuan keeps a batch of referred to as the "tang broadsword" ancient dao, and referred to as the "tang broadsword sample" copied sword in Japan. Now left over from the early age of the sword of the number of peace is rare. Academic about Japanese sword style of change, and Japan is when to how to create unique curved knife and doubt, is not fully clear. Generally think that the peace middle age (10 century or so) ChengPing rebellious and a day after the disorderly, straight knife for a gradual shift bending. At the same time, production craft is made by flat to the picks made similar diamond knife. Production process improvement make Japanese sword more durable and sharp. This transition is the typical style of a knife blade for the whole piece of iron and become "MaoBa form broadsword" and a blade structure and two front has curved knife against the "little the pill" type knife, MaoBa form in the great ise yamasakigawa Tibetan for the original show the township of the used a most famous.
Too knife era              
Peace times later, especially warrior forces of the most active "nine years before the battle of" and "three years after the battle of" period, warrior caste increase forces, which have made big Japanese sword. If produce the high quality of the "iron countries and the countries for seniors before, and as the political and cultural center of the mountainous country, and countries, appeared different genres knife work, this time of the Japanese sword is mainly used in the battle at once, so much as too knife. This period representative works of active in rivers and mountains LaiGuang beheaded "wine swallowed the lad," the "the boy cut" (" the kingdom AnGang system, jain, this national treasure), and legend let the fox made to help the "little fox pill" (mountain city of the three countries of nearly system, the world war ii were destroyed). In addition to AnGang beyond, mountain city (now the Kyoto) of the three small smelting Pope near, for the former youcheng, are known as the existing name engraved with the producers the most ancient works of the knife work. Peace times too knife characteristics are: picks were made, building temples (い お り む ね, Iorimune), small slice first, the reverse, former narrow wide after dao, beautiful form. In the early age in sickle warehouse Japanese dao and peace end times, similar to the house bill warehouse aides wu political system established, the sword world is very active. After ShangHuang even set the bird feathers on the forging smelting, month called the knife labor forging knife, positive encouragement system knife. Middle age is storehouse, due to the result of the footbridge attention, knife width, and the overall width small change. The blade is a pig first cut first, quality is the sword broadened the wind. At this time the knife make began to prosperity. Bill warehouse the end of the era of two yuan the invasion of the political system and the collapse of the big social unrest bring, making the system knife industry prosperity. The period of Japanese sword is more style than mid storehouse bold and unconstrained. To inherit and carry forward the knife of wide, blade width change the characteristics of small, must first longer. The knife, the knife, too dao are the same appear more than other period long characteristics. In the period, a large number of appeared and different called great too knife, the knife knife wild too large.
Room after Harding
Room after middle age Harding, Japanese sword blade wear down by the knife blade up too to samurai swordsWear the dozen of the knife. Because into peace period, domestic demand, this sword is reduced, Japanese sword started as trade product mass production, so the quality of Japanese dao began to decline. Should the benevolence by a reignite the wars, the sword again demand for inflation, to adapt to the demand of the present a manufactured product, making the Japanese dao quality more down. To edo era, edo (now Tokyo), Osaka (now in Osaka forging industry all prosperity, name all over the knife labor emerging. As a peaceful golden continued, Japanese sword began to blind pursue beautiful blade wen, gradually away from practical essence from. In addition, the era begins tan, small hilt, eye through, such as adornment began cutting tools and developed. At the end of the riots after the start screen, with great water-vessel water is for the center that show the knife forging 錬 method recovery sent again, will practical strong Japanese sword production method carry on. After this sword is called the new 々 knife. As the system knife once again 栄 numerous, the Meiji restoration launch, WuDou banned in 1873, 1876,-