This report attempts to trace the technology of sword making in the Japanese and European cultures. It covers the interactions of society, religion and warfare as they relate to the art of sword making. The Japanese sword smiths developed long-standing processes, guided by their mysticism, that resulted in a remarkable weapon. - The European smiths, in contrast, evolved their swords through experiment and innovation, with little regard for mystic underpinnings, yet ultimately produced a blade very similar in quality.

• This report represents the work of one or more WPI undergraduate students submitted to the faculty as evidence of completion of a degree requirement. WPI routinely publishes these reports on its website without editorial or peer review.

Creator

• Pazniokas, John Stephen

Subject

• Industry
• Culture

Publisher

• Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Identifier

• E-project-121412-035059

Keyword

• History

Advisor

• Bar-On, Isa

Year

• 2012

Date created

• 2012-12-14

Location

• Worcester

Resource type

• Interactive Qualifying Project

Rights statement

• In Copyright