Japanese Army Officer Katana Sword Shingunto Type 98

The first metal sword was got from a grave in japan. From the 3rd to the 8th century, chinese and korean craftsman came over to japan. Tachi developed into katana during the middle of the 10th century, because the japanese cavaliers required weapons match surprise attacks. After japan s was defeated in the second world war, all activities concerning the japanese swords were suspended by the allied forces. But the activities were gradually resumed in the wake of japan s independence ni 1950 and the beauty of the japanese sword is appreciated by many people both in and outside of japan nowadays, and become a good choice of art work collection.