Sharpened Katana "Ryūjin" (龍神), God of the Ocean, Dragon silkscreen on saya

Maru 1045 sharpened katana, scabbard (saya 鞘) glossy black screen-printed (Sea Dragon), koiguchi, Kojiri and Kurigata (respectively entry, end and scabbard attachment 鯉口 / 鐺 / 栗形) in black resin, tsuba (guard 鍔) silver dragon motif, tsuka-ito (handle braiding 柄糸) and sageo (scabbard cord, 下緒) blue

For me, everything is harmonious, from the dark blue of my ito and sageo to my saya, on which is represented the one whose name I bear, Ryūjin (龍神), the God of the ocean. My samurai master wanted it this way, because his origins, close to the coast, had bathed him, literally and figuratively ...see more
Everything about me is harmonious, from the dark blue of my ito and sageo to my saya, on which is depicted the one whose name I bear, Ryūjin (龍神), the God of the ocean. My samurai master wanted it this way, because his origins, close to the coast, had bathed him, literally and figuratively, in the ocean and its legends. Speaking of legends, my master's relates that he stayed in the Ryūgū-jō (竜宮城 / 龍宮城), Ryūjin's underwater palace. It was here that he learned to wield the sword, saved by the Dragon following a storm that had washed away his frail fishing boat. From this trade, my master then became a master of arms, able to handle with exceptional dexterity all kinds of bladed weapons such as the katana, the wakizashi and the tantō, the three swords that accompanied fighters in their feats of arms.
Ryujin is the father of the splendid goddess Otohime. She married the hunter prince Hoori. Japan's first emperor, Jimmu, is considered the grandson of Otohime and Hoori. I'm therefore named after Ryujin, the Dragon King, as well as one of the ancestors of the Japanese imperial dynasty.

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