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NY Times Nihonto article from 1891

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Dirk (Zanshin) came across this pdf while browsing, and pm'ed me to take a look. It is an interesting newspaper article from 1891 about Japanese swords. Some good points and some wild theories in there, but well worth a read. So obviously there was some Western interest 100 years ago. Fascinating to see how they saw the subject way back then.

 

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This article was written not that long after the Meiji restoration and I thought it interesting to read that even in a time of turmoil, swords were still kept in the highest regards, the romance vanished for the largest part, but still some of it remained.

 

That being said, I would welcome a Masamune or Muramasa blade for 1000$ :D

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