Nihon-shinshinto-shi - The History of the shinshinto Era of Japanese Swords

Nihon-shinshinto-shi - The History of the shinshinto Era of Japanese SwordsI now complete the series with the Nihon shinshinto shi, the history of the shinshinto era of Japanese swords, starting from Suishinshi Masahides initiation of a new trend around Anei (1772 1781) to the ban on swords issued by the Meiji government in 1876. As with the Nihon koto shi and the Nihon shinto shi, the reader should be able to grasp a coherent picture of the backgrounds and scholastic activities around the Japanese sword at the end of the

I now complete the series with the ãNihon-shinshinto-shiÒ, the history of the shinshinto era of Japanese swords, starting from Suishinshi Masahide«s initiation of a new trend around An«ei (1772-1781) to the ban on swords issued by the Meiji government in 1876. As with the ãNihon-koto-shiÒ and the ãNihon-shinto-shiÒ, the reader should be able to grasp a coherent picture of the backgrounds and scholastic activities around the Japanese sword at the end of the feudal era. Finally, the time scale must not be overlooked: The ãNihon-koto-shiÒ had to deal with roughly 800 years, from the Nara to the end of the Muromachi period, and the ãNihon-shinto-shiÒ comprised ãjustÒ about 200 years, whereas the shinshinto era lasted only about a century.