The Takami Kuniichi Swordsmith Workshop

Photo by Miyata Masahiko2015

Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University
Kyoto, Japan

Sword making can be said to be metal forging itself. If you visit Takami’s sword workshop, you feel indescribable tenseness before the forging begins and the serene appearance of the sword-making tools awaiting their turn and the Shinto altar.

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Title: The Takami Kuniichi Swordsmith Workshop
Creator: Photo by Miyata Masahiko
Date Created: 2015
Rights: © Takami Kuniichi, Photo © Miyata Masahiko

Art Research Center, Ritsumeikan University

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