Editing Japanese sword (section)

====Yamato school====
[[File:Tachi - Shishio.jpg|thumb|300px|A Yamato school ''tachi'', ''Shishiō''. 12th century, [[Heian period]]. [[Important Cultural Property (Japan)|Important Cultural Property]].]]
The Yamato school is a school that originated in [[Yamato Province]] corresponding to present-day [[Nara Prefecture]]. Nara was the capital of ancient Japan.
Since there is a legend that it was a swordsmith named [[Amakuni]] who first signed the tang of a sword, he is sometimes regarded as the founder and the oldest school.
However, the founder identified in the material is Yukinobu in the [[Heian period]]. They forged the swords that were often worn by monk warriors called ''[[sōhei]]'' in Nara's large temples. The Yamato school consists of five schools: ''Senjuin, Shikkake, Taima, Tegai, and Hōshō''.
Each school forged swords under the supervision of a different temple. In the middle of the [[Muromachi period]], swordsmiths moved to various places such as [[Mino province|Mino]], and the school disappeared. Their swords are often characterized by a deep curve, a narrow width from blade to back, a high central ridge, and a small tip. There are direct lines on the surface of the blade, the ''[[Hamon (swordsmithing)|hamon]]'' is linear, and the grain at the boundary of the hamon is medium in size. It is often evaluated as a sword with a simple and strong impression.<ref name="rekishi200966">''歴史人'' September 2020. pp.66–67. {{ASIN|B08DGRWN98}}</ref>
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