. The Archaeological journal. shownhave their special names, and are :—• No. 1. Snc/io ha.—Straight yakiba.,, 2. Dai Midare.—Large irregular.,, 3. Yahazu.—The repeated forms here represent the notch called yahazu at the end of an arrow, into which the bow strins fits.„ 4. Uma no ha.—Horses tooth.,, b. Juzu.—The rosary.,, 6. Tlyotan.—The gourd, , the Japanese gourd, consisting of two roughly hemispherical parts connected by a waist.,, 7. Nokorjiri.—The saw.,, 8. Notare.—Undulating.,, y. No tare-17 ti dare.—Undulating combined with , 10. Saka aahi.—Literally, the road-up-mountain-
. The Archaeological journal. shownhave their special names, and are :—• No. 1. Snc/io ha.—Straight yakiba.,, 2. Dai Midare.—Large irregular.,, 3. Yahazu.—The repeated forms here represent the notch called yahazu at the end of an arrow, into which the bow strins fits.„ 4. Uma no ha.—Horses tooth.,, b. Juzu.—The rosary.,, 6. Tlyotan.—The gourd, , the Japanese gourd, consisting of two roughly hemispherical parts connected by a waist.,, 7. Nokorjiri.—The saw.,, 8. Notare.—Undulating.,, y. No tare-17 ti dare.—Undulating combined with , 10. Saka aahi.—Literally, the road-up-mountain- le<x. If the illustration is turned round so o that the legs are vertical, the edge willrepresent the slope of a steep mountain. Die (jutliiies shown at the boshi have also theirJippropriate names, and are :— PLATE VIII. To juce puiji rj TF C£) L^i^ CM br-. ^-?y ^\^ \~ N ^^^ fT CO -v>^,> OO »=? ^i. V rJ «•>, *!?; 7^ —)fyy*^y^Y*y^ CD. y> o JAPANESE SWORD BLADES. 13 No, 1. Boslii sagaru.—Low boshi.„ 2. Yaki tsumete.—^The hardened edge stopped off.„ 3, 4, and 5. Boslii marii, dai mam, and ho tnaru, or round, large round, and small round respectively.,, 6. Bosla tofjare.—Pointed.„ 7. Boslii midare.—Irregular.,, 8, Kay en hoslii.—-Flame boshi. / ,, 9. Jizo no boshi.—The head of Jizo. , ^-y „ 10. Kayeri fuhahu.—Deeply turned back. Of these No. 9 is the most interesting. The outlinehere is intended to represent the upper part of a humanhead seen in profile, and is called the head of Jizo. Heis the god whose special business is to look after children,and is one of the most beautiful conceptions in the-Japanese Pantheon. He is generally represented as ayoung and handsome man with a beautiful smile. Thisparticular outline is characteristic of one smith only,namely, Sadamune, the favourite pupil of Masamune^already referred to, A careful study of the yakiba, and a knowledge of thecharacteristics of d
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