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    Dōtanuki - Wikipedia

    Dōtanuki (同田貫) is a name of a Japanese school of swordsmiths from Higo province who produced swords in the Bizen tradition during the feudal period of Japan. [1] The Dotanuki …

    Dotanuki School

    The Dotanuki school evolved in Higo Province with its ancestry going back to the famous "Enju Kunimura" (延寿 国村). Enju Kunimura founded the Higo Enju school in approximately 1305. Kunimura was born in Yamato pro… See more

    Fictional references

    The dōtanuki has appeared in several entertainment outlets, featured as a blade wider and thicker than any normal build of katana. Ogami Ittō in the manga Lone Wolf and Cub had a dōtanuki (using the spelling 胴太貫 “tor… See more

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