“Institute for Japanese Sword Craft”
is an independent institute for research and study to preserve existing Japanese swords and its tradition .
Our aim to organize a proper research based on scientific approach, connecting scientists and traditional Japanese sword experts with craftsmen can progress the knowledge and understanding for the better future of the Japanese swords.
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Our research for C14 dating test on Japanese sword is now published.
* Radiocarbon dating of Japanese swords and ancient iron artifacts with accelerator mass spectrometry< PDF>
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On 12th and 13th of Oct 2019, the Institute for Japanese Sword Craft organized Japanese sword seminar with Mr.Nakahara Nobuo and Nakano Takuyoshi at Amsterdam in the Netherlands.
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ARCHIVE
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We created ARTICLES page on our website, where we publish notes on our Institute’s activities, current situation in the Japanese sword field and the Japanese sword study.
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Activities
* Survey and inspection of the collection, making report and further research.
* Co-ordinate restoration projects and Exhibitions.
* Translation (ENG-JPN, JPN-ENG).
Projects
* Restoration project for Japanese sword collection of the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
* C14 Radiocarbon dating test (AMS) on Japanese sword
with Eminent professor Toshio Nakamura
Nagoya Univ. Division for Chronological research.
Research
* Radiocarbon (C14) dating test of Japanese sword with AMS (Accelerator mass spectrometry)
* Non-destructive test focus on polished surface of Japanese sword
Publishing
* Kurihara Nobuhide – The Last Master Sword Smith“ by Noboru Toyama, 2013
* “Aizu 11th gen. Izumi no Kami Kanesada (part 1)” by Noboru Toyama, 2015
* Japanese sword collection of the State Hermitage Museum in Saint Petersburg, Russia
