. Worn slung from the shoulder. – a large grain pattern (jihada). – see itame-hada. – see mokume-hada. – alternative reading of ōdachi. S – blade width (mihaba) at the yokote. – blade thickness (kasane) at the yokote. – curvature (sori) of the blade with the center of the curve lying near the point. – bōshi seen in the works of the three swordsmiths: Osafune Nagamitsu, Kagemitsu and Sanenaga: hamon continues as straight line inside the point (kissaki) area running towards the tip of the blade. Just before reaching the tip, the bōshi turns in a small circle (ko-maru) a short distance to the back edge (mune) remaining inside the kissaki. – sword of the Imperial Japanese Army with a metal scabbard (saya) produced from the 1930s to the end of World War II in 1945. – a real sword as opposed to unsharpened or wooden practice weapons (bokutou). – ridge running along the side of the sword, generally closer to the back (mune) than the cutting edge (ha). (see image) – flat surface between ridge (shinogi) and back edge (mune). (see image) – a curved blade with yokote and a ridge (shinogi) quite close to the back edge (mune). Also known as . (see image) – period in sword history characterized by the revival of old sword styles, especially those from the Kamakura period. It follows the shintō period and is generally dated from the late 18th century to about 1876, when the wearing of swords was prohibited. The term is also used to denote swords produced in this period. – post-Edo period swords produced after the end of the kotō period (after 1596) and before the period of revival of old styles at the end of the 18th century which is known as shinshintō. The term is also used to refer to the respective period of swordsmanship. – a curved blade without yokote and a ridge (shinogi) quite close to the back edge (mune); basically shinogi-zukuri without yokote. (see image) – any type of Japanese short sword, the smaller in a pair of daishō. Commonly a wakizashi. – curvature of the sword measured as the greatest perpendicular distance between the back edge (mune) and the chord connecting the back edge notch (munemachi) with the point of the blade. – the overall shape of the blade. – straight temper line (hamon). (also see midareba) – plain dark spots on