The katana is a beautiful piece of art, and the most widely-known weapon in Japanese subculture.
If you’re here to watch this video, I’m pretty sure you’re a fan of katana too.

When you see a katana in anime and manga, have you ever wondered what these things are for?
Are they just decorations or do they have some kind of meaning?

So today, as a Japanese katana trainee, I will explain about the purposes of the three parts that you see on a katana: the tsuba, tsuka, and sageo.

However, please understand that I will be talking about the standard type of katanathat has been used from the Edo period to the modern day.
Depending on the historical period the katana is made, the material or method of creating these items are completely different.

In the “omake” talk at the very end of the video, I would like to demonstrate an iaidō kata, which is the katana routine still practiced today so I can show you how each part of the sword are actually used.

[Time codes]
0:00 Let's START!
1:53 鍔 Tsuba
6:45 柄 Tsuka
13:10 下緒 Sageo
19:53 Today’s conclusion
22:49 “Omake” talk

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