(Kenji Mishina report and Tom Kishida photo)
There was Fuigo Festival at the Yasukuni Shrine on November 11. This was held by Kanto Branch of the All Japan Swordsmith Association NBTHK.
A temporary bellows was built in the ground of the shrine then a Shinto ritual was performed there and many people observed it. In the afternoon, many sword collectors and visitors tried sword forging (orikaeshi-tanren or folding and hammering).
Material which was forged on the day was finished by a swordsmith Kawasaki Akihira as tantoKrátký japonský meč, obvykle definovaný délkou čepele nagasa do 30 cm, do 1 shaku, 11 palců.... More then the tantoKrátký japonský meč, obvykle definovaný délkou čepele nagasa do 30 cm, do 1 shaku, 11 palců.... More is due to be dedicated to the shrine in the occasion of the 150th anniversary of the Meiji Restoration.
