02192nam a22004213i 4500 22057496 20250607105729.6 m |o d | cr ||||||||||| 210525s1423 xx |||||o|||||||| ||jpn 22057496 0 ibc orignew u ncip 20 y-gencatlg LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-988 2021667426 (WDL)07352 DLC eng DLC jpn $1 739 Manuscript of Swordsmiths' Signatures and Sword Connoisseurship. 246-00/$1 銘尽 [place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 1423. 1 online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Title devised, in English, by Library staff. Original resource extent: 1 manuscript, 27.5 x 21.3 centimeters. This document is the oldest existing manuscript relating to swordsmiths in Japan. The text contains a description of the year 1316, which indicates that the original was written in the late Kamakura period. However, the postscript gives the date as December 21, 1423, which means this is a copy made in the Muromachi period. The document gives a genealogy of swordsmiths from the most ancient of times to the late Kamakura period, and describes the swordsmiths of the day. The section of the manuscript entitled Kokon shokoku kaji no mei (Inscriptions of swordsmiths over time in various districts) gives an outline of 52 swordsmiths and the style of each one, including the names of their swords, their region, and period. Original resource at: National Diet Library. Content in Japanese. Description based on data extracted from World Digital Library, which may be extracted from partner institutions. 1316 Genealogy Swordsmiths Japan gdcwdl wdl_07352 https://hdl.loc.gov/loc.wdl/wdl.7352 wdl/wdlpartner/wdldiet s-Online Electronic Resource