[JAPANESE SWORD]

SPD-8804

Tanto Ikkan
-The Modern Bizenden Tradition Tchnique-
Swordsmith Kuniie Yoshihara

Swordsmith Kuniie Yoshihara is the foremost individual in the modern Bizen tradition.He is known as a City of Tokyo Intangible Cultural Asset,he works as adviser of the national modern swordsmith organization,the All Japan Swordsmith Association.There is no one connected to modern sword that doesn't know of the Yoshihara clan.Many modern swordsmiths have been influenced by the unrivalled,excellent craft of Yoshihara clan sword making.3rd generation Kuniie Yoshihara is at the center of the clan.He wants to leave behind swords that,100,500 or 1,500 years in the future,no matter who looks at them,they'll know they were made by Kuniie Yoshihara.This DVD features the Japanese sword production process by Kuniie Yoshihara.