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-Description- Title Masterpices of Japanese Sword Exhibition Japanese Title Meibutsu Nihonto Ten Publication year ?
Have you ever heard of Kyoho Meibutsu Cho? Kyouhou 4th(1719) Syougun Yoshimune ordered Honnami-Mitsutada to make a list of famous Japanese swords. The book is called "Kyouho Meibutsu Cho(Kyouhou famous sword book)."
Honnami is a Tokugawa official swords connoisseur. His family has a list of"Origami(the fold paper)".He choose good swords from it and made a list with sword's history.
The swords in this book are called "Meibutsu(well-known)".Later,many of them were designated as National Treasure or Important Cultural Property.
This exhibition catalogue includes approx 80 Japanese swords from the Kyoho Meibutsu Cho.It would be a great catalogue if you are interested in Japanese sword,especially,masterpices.Needless to say,many of them are designated as National Treasure or Imporatant Cultural Property.