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This is the Torii Gate at the Atsuta Jingu shrine, the
site of the Atsuta Jingu Hono Tanren, a festival for swordsmiths. |
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The shrine at Atsuta Jingu is home to sacred
Campor trees like this one. |
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This is Fujiwara Toshikazu, one of the
swordsmiths at work on the fuego(bellows). |
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Here is Harima-San, a retired Salariman. |
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Here is a good look at one of the temporary
forges built for this festival. |
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As this picture shows, many spectators come to
see the swordsmiths at work. |
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Here, Harima-san is adding some charcoal to the
fire for Furukawa Sensei. |
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This picture shows a closer shot of the forge and
the large hammers that are used to work the ore. |
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Here is a close-up of the tsumadai before it is
hammer welded. |
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This picture shows the metal working in progress. |
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Here is a good picture of Furukawa Kiyoyuki
Sensei working at the forge. |
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The metal is cut and folded many times to give it
strength. |
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The spectators at this festival have the
opportunity to help out with the forging. |
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Even one of the officials of the Atsuta Jingu
shrine stop in to help with the forging. |
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Once the metal has been worked into the basic
shape of a blade, it must be filed to finished shaping it, as Furukawa Sensei is doing
here. |
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Here is Furukawa Sensei holding the finished
blade. |
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Here, Takayama Takeshi Sensei inspects the new
blade. |
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