

Beautiful collection of Japanese Swords Where to Start? Even today, Japanese swords and knives are still being recovered and reintroduced into the market.


As a result of these two factors, it is generally easier to find a katana in the United States than it is in Japan, with some makes and models even being illegal to own in their homeland. They remain symbols of strength, poise, beauty, and savage combat.įollowing the war, rules and regulations brought in by the Occupation Government set a very strict standard for what could be considered a cultural artifact to be preserved and what was a weapon to be destroyed (and if not for the intervention of leading scholars, they all would have been destined for the scrap pile). Made in a variety of lengths for different tasks, these revered blades have a place of honor in the very foundation of Japan. Japanese swords are more than just katanas and samurais.
