By JIRO TSUTSUI/ Staff Writer
January 10, 2020 at 07:00 JST
A CT image scanned by the Kyoto National Museum of the rapier’s joint between the handle and the blade shows a serrated structure. The blade at the center and the handle are united with the screw part. (Provided by the Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties)
KOKA, Shiga Prefecture--A European-style rapier owned by a feudal-era warlord was actually forged in Japan, but who commissioned the production and what was used as the model remain unclear, according to a study. [Read More]
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