Saturday, April 22, 2006

 

The katana (Rai-Mitsukane)


Rai-Mitsukane
Tanto Sword
By Mitsukane
Kamakura period, 13th century.
Mitsukane Rai is the pupil of Kunitoshi Rai in Kyoto. He lived in Ominokuni (Shiga Prefecture). It seems that he was making a sword by Enryakuji temple as well. This Tanto descended to the Matsudaira Family in Echizen (Fukui Prefecture).

# posted by makkyi @ 1:39 PM
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