in . Sometimes can be seen in their work, particularly in that done by Yasunori and his uncle Yasutoku. Yasutoshi (Yasunori's cousin) made his swords truer than both his father in that he made his out of pure . Their Nakago were finished in (Yasutoku) or (Yasunori and Yasutoshi) and generally in a of 60–66 cm. However, he sometimes produced special orders with longer lengths like 69–70 cm. When the war ended in September 1945, crafting at the shrine ceased. Yasunori did not return to swordmaking until 1970 and stopped making swords entirely after approximately 1978. See also Glossary of Japanese swords Sources Fujishiro, Okisato Yasukuni-to, Token Bijutsu June 1981 Han, Bing Siong, The Significance of the Yasukuni Shrine in Contemporary Sword History 1989 Abdelsamad, Yahya; My Meeting with Kotani Yasunori, Token Bijutsu March 2004 1909 births 2003 deaths Japanese swordsmiths People from Kure, Hiroshima