Echigo-Sanjo Uchi Hamono: Echigo-Sanjo Blade
January 10, 2017Echigo-Sanjo Uchi HamonoIn the Sanjo region (central part of Niigata Prefecture, Central Japan), people produced farm tools like "Kama (sickles)" and "Kuwa (hoes)" from the Middle Ages. They built mentoring relationships, improved existing items and worked to brush up their skills through the production of "Wakugi (Japanese nails)" as a side business during agricultural off-season.
Then, they developed their blacksmithing skills to handcraft such tools as "Hocho (knives)", "Nata (hatchets)", "Nomi (chisels)", "Kibasami (gardening shears)", "Kiridashi Kogatana (small blade knives)" and "Masakari (axes)."
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Echigo-Sanjo Uchi Hamono: Echigo-Sanjo Blade
Translated by: Shione Furuta, reviewed by: Marie Mine
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