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: This article is about the Japanese sword. For the motorcycle, see Suzuki Katana..

Other reading

  • Irvine, Gregory, The Japanese Sword: The Soul of the Samurai. London: V&A Publications, 2000.
  • Perrin, Noel, Giving Up the Gun: Japan's Reversion to the Sword, 1543-1879. Boston: David R. Godine, 1979.
  • Robinson, H. Russell, Japanese Arms and Armor. New York: Crown Publishers Inc., 1969a.
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~ Table of Content ~

►Introduction
►The sword in Japanese society
►History of the Japanese sword
►Classification of Japanese swords
►Manufacturing
►Technique
►In Fiction
►Comparisons with European swords
►Famous historic katana users
►See also
►External links
►Other reading

 

 

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