Katana,beautiful Samurai sword

Katana is beautiful traditional Japanese sword.

It's a curved sword of single-edged.

Doujigiriyasutuna

It is said to cut off the neck of Japanese Demon (Oni)

In Edo period, the master of trial cutting ｃut off the six corpses of criminals and chunky wooden foundation at a time using Doujigiriyasutuna.

Masamune

Masamune is one of the most famous Japanese Katana. In Kamakura period master craftsmen have created, Masamune.Masamune is the name who created these Katana.

Onikirimaru

 Notsuna Watanabe defeated the demon of Rashomon at this sword.

It was the sword treasured in the Genji Family.

Shishimaru

                        Since defeating Nue troubled capital, It was given to Minamoto no Yorimasa.

Tatsumonjizaka

From near where I'm living, there are old stone sidewalk.It is called "Tatsumonjizaka".
Construction began in 1635, it is said to have completed after  about 100 years.
The stone was cut from the  Hinosako mountain nearby the Tatsumonjizaka.
Saigo Takamori, master mind of Satsuma Rebellion(Seinan War),headed to Kumamoto through this road.Saigo Takamori was called "Last samurai".He is the model of the movie "Last Samurai".
After the end of Edo period, Meiji government took away the privileges of the samurai.The Samurai can no longer be equipped with a Katana(Samurai Sword).Satsuma Rebellion(Seinan War),was the largest rebellion of Samurai at that time.By passing through this road
you can enjoy the atmosphere of Edo period when Samurai still existed.