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Seven-Branched Sword
The is a sword of continental manufacture believed to be identical with the artifact of that name, a gift of the king of Baekje that has been bestowed upon a Yamato ruler as a gift who is mentioned in the Nihon Shoki in the fifty-second year of the reign of the semi-mythical Empress Jingū.〔Nana Miyata, ''Die Übernahme der chinesischen Kultur in Japans Altertum'', LIT Verlag, Münster p.11.〕 It is a 74.9 cm (29.5 in) long iron sword with six branch-like protrusions along the central blade. The original sword has been conserved since antiquity in the Isonokami Shrine in Nara Prefecture, Japan and is not on public display. An inscription on the side of the blade is an important source for understanding the relationships between kingdoms of the Korean peninsula and Japan in that period.
==Appearance==
The blade of the sword is 65.5 cm and the tang is 9.4 cm long. There is no hole on the tang to fasten the sword with a hilt. The sword is broken at the top of the tang. Analysis of the broken surface shows the material of the sword is forged mild steel.〔佐々木稔, ''銘文鉄剣の材質と製法'', 月刊百科, 229号, 1981〕 As the ‘branches’ appear to be quite delicate, and their functionality in melee combat doubtful, it is unlikely that the Seven-Branched Sword was used as a military weapon. Instead, it probably had a ceremonial function.〔Farris, W. W., 1998. "Sacred Texts and Burried Treasures: Issues in the Historical Archaeology of Ancient Japan".〕
The sword has been stored in the Isonokami Shrine since ancient times. The inscription on the blade had been hidden by rust and was rediscovered in the 1870s by Masatomo Kan, a Shinto priest at the shrine. There is a two-sided inscription on the sword which is inlaid in gold. Hoshino first indicated the sword was mentioned in the old Japanese history book ''Nihon Shoki'' in 1892.〔星野恒, ''七枝刀考'', 史学雑誌, 37号, 1892〕 Many scholars have engaged in study to determine the interpretation of the vague inscription. Murayama published the closeup pictures taken with X-ray in 1996.〔村山正雄, ''石上神宮七支刀銘文図録'', 吉川弘文館, 1996〕
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