Onmyoji Katana

Description

Onmyoji were specialists in magic and divination. Their court responsibilities ranged from tasks such as keeping track of the calendar, to mystical duties such as divination and protection of the capital from evil spirits. They could divine auspicious or harmful influences in the earth, and were instrumental in the moving of capitals. It is said that an onmyoji could also summon and control shikigami.

SPECIFICATIONS
• Blade Material: T10 tool steel (mono-steel)
• Edge: Fully-sharpened
• Treatment: Hand Forged, Differentially Hardened, Heat Treated & Tempered, Water Quenched
• Blade Length: 28.5 inches
• Tsuka: 11.5 inches wood
• Saya: 30.5 inches wood metallic brown lacquer
• Tsuba / Fuchi / Kashira: Iron
• Menuki / Habaki / Seppa: Brass
• Tsukaito / Sageo: Black
• Mekugi: 2 bamboo pegs
• Samegawa: Real ray skin panels
• Nakago: Full tang
• Hamon: Real natural midare (irregular) pattern

NOTES
• Specs may vary slightly from sword to sword
• Can be disassembled
• Includes cloth bag
• Packaging: carton box

Our Onmyoji Katana has a beautiful, wicked-looking hamon just like our Musashi Katana T10 Series, but with a bohi (groove). The design of the tsuba depicts the “Hyakki Yagyo“, which translates to “Night Parade of One Hundred Demons”, a concept in Japanese folklore. It is a parade which is composed of a hundred kinds of yokai. On the other side of the tsuba features an Onmyoji clan head, who is the only one strong enough to pass the parade unharmed.