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This sword is one of the "Five Swords Under Heaven" (天下五剣 Tenka-Goken). Dōjigiri is sometimes called "the yokozuna of all Japanese swords" along with Ōkanehira (ja:大包平) because of its perfection; it is of great historical value as one of the oldest extant katana-type weapons. The quality and the artistic value of the blade is ...
The Tenka-Goken (天下五剣, "Five [Greatest] Swords under Heaven") are a group of five Japanese swords. [1] Three are National Treasures of Japan, one an Imperial Property, and one a holy relic of Nichiren Buddhism. Among the five, some regard Dōjigiri as "the yokozuna of all Japanese swords" along with Ōkanehira (ja:大包平). [2]
The yokozuna's sword is a traditional indication of his samurai status. After the yokozuna has completed his ceremonial dance, the tachimochi will once again follow him off the dohyō. The tachimochi must be a makuuchi ranked sumo wrestler (or rikishi) and is, if possible, from the same training stable (or heya) as the yokozuna. [1]
Yokozuna Kakuryū Rikisaburō (center) performing the ring-entering ceremony while flanked by a sword bearer on the left and dew sweeper on the right. Yokozuna (横綱, IPA: [jo̞ko̞d͡zɯᵝna]) is the highest rank in sumo.
The main styles of yokozuna dohyō-iri are Unryū and Shiranui, named after Unryū Kyūkichi and Shiranui Kōemon (although it is now believed each performed the style named for the other). A yokozuna performs the ceremony with two attendants, the tachimochi (太刀持ち) or sword carrier, and the tsuyuharai (露払い) or dew sweeper.
Okanehira, together with Dojikiri, is considered one of the best Japanese swords in terms of art and is compared to the yokozuna (the highest rank of a sumo wrestler) of Japanese swords. [3] The production of swords in Japan is divided into specific time periods: [4] Jōkotō (ancient swords, until around 900) Kotō (old swords, around 900–1596)
Hōshōryū's first ring-entering ceremony as a yokozuna was held on 31 January at Tokyo's Meiji Shrine in front of about 3,500 people. Stablemate Meisei served as the tsuyuharai (dew sweeper), and Hiradoumi was the tachimochi (sword bearer). Among the members of Hōshōryū's family in attendance was Asashōryū, who had arrived in Japan the ...
Tachi long swords were worn edge down suspended by two cords or chains from the waist belt. The cords were attached to two eyelets on the scabbard. [148] Decorative sword mountings of the kazari-tachi type carried on the tradition of ancient straight Chinese style tachi and were used by nobles at court ceremonies until the Muromachi period ...