The Emperor Gotoba Shin-Gobankaji Project: Gassan Sadatoshi sensei

We are trying to preserve and honor the Emperor Gotoba's legacy of his influence on Japanese making, by trying to continue traditions that have been passed down to us since 800 years ago. We are crowd funding to raise enough money to order twelve swords from twelve modern master swordsmiths (same number as the original Gobankaji). These swords will represent the cream of Japanese swordsmiths of the Heisei era (1989-2019). The swords will be devoted to Oki Shrine on Okinoshima where he spent the last 19 years of his life and is now enshrined as the residing deity. The swords will join swords of the Oki Gobankaji and the Showa-Gobankaji on display at the Emperor Gotoba Museum in Ama Town, close to Emperor Gotoba grave.
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My name is Paul Martin and I am a Japanese sword specialist living in Tokyo, Japan. I want to share the beauty, spirituality, and history of Japanese swords and samurai (including all the various aspects of Japanese culture where they touch), sword and steel making, Noh, Kyogen, Kagura, Martial Arts, and so forth, with you ail here on UA-cam! So please subscribe today!
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