Description
Long Sword (Tachi)
Inscription: “Made by Yoshiie”
Yoshiie, the son or grandson of Munechika, is known
for slim, classically elegant blades such as this, with its
smallish point and its small irregular (ko-midare) hamon
with small cloves (ko-chōji), and thick, subtle nie (visible
martensite crystals) in the steel. It was an heirloom of
the Shimazu lords of Satsuma, who received it from
the sixth Tokugawa shogun.
Data source
ColBase
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National Institutes for Cultural Heritage
The National Institutes for Cultural Heritage (NICH) comprise four National Museums (Tokyo National Museum, Kyoto National Museum, Nara National Museum, and Kyushu National Museum) and two National Research Institutes for Cultural Properties (Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties, and Nara National Research Institute for Cultural Properties), as well as the International Research Centre for Intangible Cultural Heritage in the Asia-Pacific Region (IRCI) in Sakai City, for a total of seven institutions.
Last updated
July 20, 2026