Japanese word for a sword guard shape. Literelly "hollyhock shape".
A group of sword makers in Bizen, Japan, active in the Muromachi period.
Language: Japanese
Origin: Old literature
Japanese term for the temperline on a blade, typically achieved by differential heat treatment.
A group of Japanese sword fitting makers working on the island of Hirado.
A Japanese maker of sword mounts, active in the Edo period.
Japanese word for a sword construction with a high carbon edge plate under a soft core, flanked by medium steel.
Japanese term for a sword construction with an edge made of higher carbon steel.
Ibehe is an Ainu word for a knife or sword blade.
"Boar's eye", a heart-shaped pattern commonly used in Japanese art.
Japanese term for a type of tachi koshirae.
Japanese word for a cross shaped spear
Ainu words for the point of a knife or sword.
Japanese word for a samurai tool.
Japanese word for a sword construction with high carbon steel outer jacket around a softer core.
The Japanese term for a hair arranging pin that was worn in Japanese sword scabbards.
Japanese term for the mountings of an edged weapon.
Japanese name of a small utility knife worn in sword and dagger scabbards.
A line of Japanese swordsmiths working in Echizen.
Japanese term for an irregular hamon sometimes found on spearheads
Japanese word for "chain", also used to describe mail armor.
Japanese word for mail armor.
Japanese name for a jacket of mail armor.
Japanese name for the hood of a mail armor set.