In Japanese 'Tachi' (太刀) means 'Long Sword.' It was the largest sword in Samurai's arsenal, far bigger than Katana. Swords in Japan were made only by order of the samurai, their production was ...

Twenty years later, another female assassin got her own version of a Japanese swordcrafting story, in Amber Noizumi and ...

Not only did Burrow give each of his offensive lineman one of Japan's most famous swords, but he also took ... were often gifted between daimyo and samurai during the Edo period of Japan.