. The Archaeological journal. -^ tM. <*E ^r K ^ JAPANESE SWORD BLADES. 15 parallel to that on the other, but they may be inclinedto one another as in Drawing No. 3. Here the junctionline between the jir/ane and shinogi is the higliest i)artof the face, and in this form the shincHji is teclinicallysaid to be takaku, or high. This is characteristic of tlieblades made in the province of Bingo, and especially thoseof Mihara in that province. The shinogi may be narrow,wide, or medium, as in Drawings 4, 5, and 6, and thehoshi may be short, medium, or long, as in 7, 8, and these variations a
. The Archaeological journal. -^ tM. <*E ^r K ^ JAPANESE SWORD BLADES. 15 parallel to that on the other, but they may be inclinedto one another as in Drawing No. 3. Here the junctionline between the jir/ane and shinogi is the higliest i)artof the face, and in this form the shincHji is teclinicallysaid to be takaku, or high. This is characteristic of tlieblades made in the province of Bingo, and especially thoseof Mihara in that province. The shinogi may be narrow,wide, or medium, as in Drawings 4, 5, and 6, and thehoshi may be short, medium, or long, as in 7, 8, and these variations are also characteristics. The blade is remarkable for its three exactly similarcurves, that of the edge, that dividing the shivogi fromthe jigane, and the back. These curves are all absolutelytrue without the smallest variation from the true the line dividing the shinogi from the jigane isalways at the same proj)ortionate distance from the edgeand back. The blade is, in fact, a true geometricalfigure. To accomplish this re
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