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Tōdaijiyama Sword, also known as Tōdaijiyama Kofun Iron Sword (東大寺山古墳鉄剣 Tōdaijiyama Kofun Tekken) in Japan is an ancient iron sword excavated in ''Tōdaijiyama kofun'' in Nara Prefecture, Japan. The sword was forged in China in the 2nd century and the oldest inscribed iron sword excavated in Japan. Its inscription is the important source of the ancient diplomatic relations between China and Japan and its domestic politics. ==Inscription== The original Chinese text is; :中平□□ 五月丙午 造作支刀 百練清剛 上応星宿 □□□□ In English; :This ornate (?) sword was manufactured in an auspicious day of the fifth month in the ... Zhongping era. The metal from which it has been wrought has been refined many times; it is pure ... (fortune of the one who wears it ) will accord with the stars ...〔Christopher Seeley, ''A History of Writing in Japan'', BRILL, 1991〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア(Wikipedia)』 ■ウィキペディアで「Tōdaijiyama Sword」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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