artesjaponica
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Ok...thanks...those are all logical explanations. But why red? some auspicious meaning to that? I've asked some Japanese sellers and they are also unclear about this.
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Greetings! This question may have been asked before, or maybe is common knowledge to Japanese sword collectors, but when asked recently I was unable to explain why sometimes a sword, or tanto, or sometimes a yari's 'hi' is painted (or lacquered?) red. Any ideas as to why this was sometimes done?