Friday, April 21, 2006
Daisho
Daisho ( Pair of Long and Short Swords) Style.
Sword Mounting
With black-lacquer scabbard
Edo period, 19th century.
A katana became the main stream in the Momoyama Period and the Edo Period. A Daisho( Pair of Long and Short Swords) Style was used. A long katana is said as the Daito and a short katana is said as the Wakizashi or the Syoto.
A scabbard should be black painting and wind a handle with a black string and a tsuba (the guard of a sword ) should be brown. These were used as a formal kit.
