Japanese Swords A display of Japanese swords, sword furnishings, and other Japanese objects has been arranged at the Canterbury Museum by the acting-curator (Mr. R. S. Duff). It shows examples of the long sword wielded with two hands and used xn fighting, and the shorter, ceremonial sword, ono of the uses of which was to commit hari-kiri. Tho short dirks ana skewers, fitted into the icabbards, are also shown. An interesting part of the display is that of the finely wrought sword guards, each individually made by a skilled craftsman and highly prized. The swords were carried by the Samurai, the warrior caste of Japan, and it is interesting to note that iu 1877 the 2,000,000 of them then in Japan handed in their swords under an edict forbidding them to carry them. These swords Hooded the curiosity shops of the world.
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Manawatu Times, Volume 64, Issue 175, 27 July 1939, Page 10
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