Individual Japanese swords

legendary Japanese sword

Japanese iron burial-mound sword

is not a specific sword, but a common noun for any sword of this length. In Japanese mythology, numerous deities own a sword of this kind. Some examples of well-known Totsuka-no-Tsurugi:

Japanese sword

thumb|394x394px|Tachi "Dōjigiri" (童子切, "Slayer of Shuten-dōji"), a National Treasure (Japan)|National Treasure showcased in the [[Tokyo National Museum. The sword was forged in the 10-12th centuries by the swordsmith Hōki-no-Kuni Yasutsuna (伯耆国安綱).]]

is a Japanese sword specified among the National Treasures of Japan. The sword is one of the Tenka Goken ("Five Swords Under Heaven"). The sword was a treasure of the Ashikaga shogunate. After the Ashikaga shogunate fell, the sword was in the custody of the Maeda clan.

Burial mound in Japan