Feb 6, 2023 · Archaeologists in Japan have unearthed a 7.5-foot-long (2.3 meters) iron sword during excavations of a 1,600-year-old burial mound near the city of Nara. The sword was too large to...

Feb 7, 2023 · Japanese archaeologists have uncovered a 7.5-foot-long iron sword and a bronze mirror from an ancient burial mound near the city of Nara. The weapon, known as a dako sword, is so large that...

Swords from this period are often short and narrow, called "chokuto". Nara period (710-794) : Japanese swords continue to be made locally and are used for warfare. The swords of this period are longer and wider than those of the previous period. Heian period (794-1185): Japanese swords were increasingly used for warfare.

Jan 28, 2023 · Archaeologists from the Nara Municipal Buried Cultural Properties Research Centre, working in collaboration with the Nara Prefectural Archaeological Institute of Kashihara, have uncovered a giant 2.3 metre-long dakoken sword during excavations at the Tomiomaruyama burial mound in Nara City, Japan.

Jan 31, 2023 · While excavating a fourth-century tomb in Japan’s Nara Prefecture, a team of researchers made some “unprecedented and exciting” new discoveries: a massive, seven-foot dāko iron sword and a “magical” bronze mirror shaped like a shield.

Jul 21, 2017 · Many swords were found from Kofun and Shoso-in (正倉院) during the Nara period. Shoso-in is a storage building where belongings of Shomu Emperor (聖武天皇) were stored. Among those items, 55 swords were found there.

Jul 16, 2017 · From the Jomon period to the Nara period, the short top line is the time we call the Joko-to period in terms of the history of Japanese swords. The term “Japanese sword” we use today refers to the swords made after the Heian period (平安 794-1185).

May 9, 2024 · Yet in late 2022, a giant iron sword and a bronze mirror were unearthed from the tomb grounds, which date back to the late fourth century. The news stunned the nation, including even the most...

Mar 4, 2025 · The rusted sword sat in the attic of the Kasuga Taisha shrine in Nara Prefecture for centuries. Although the blade was discovered in 1939, it was not until 2024 that it was identified as a priceless kohoki.