Samurai swords

Barbara Marichalar Quezda

Luis Gerardo Guerra Garrido

Samurai Swords

Today we visited the Ashmolean museum and we found very different and interesting objects.

There were two swords, the small one and the big one. The small one was called Wakizashi, it was a curved object made of steel, lacquer, mixed metals and silk. It was signed in 1447 and was used by Goto Tatsujo, who was a Japanese samurai. The large sword was called Katana, it was a curved and straight sword made of steel, lacquer, mixed metals and silk. It was signed in 1457 and was also used by Goto Tatsujo.

We liked this objects because they looked bright and powerful, also they were very interesting weapons in their time.