{"id":130,"date":"2016-02-27T00:19:18","date_gmt":"2016-02-27T00:19:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/?p=130"},"modified":"2016-03-21T00:47:59","modified_gmt":"2016-03-21T00:47:59","slug":"sword-lecture-shigenori-ozawa-swordsmith-feb-27-2016","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/2016\/02\/27\/sword-lecture-shigenori-ozawa-swordsmith-feb-27-2016\/","title":{"rendered":"Lecture by S. Ozawa, Swordsmith Feb. 27, 2016"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3031-1000x750.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-304\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3031-1000x750-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3031 (1000x750)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3034-1000x750.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-305\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3034-1000x750-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3034 (1000x750)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3035-1000x750.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-306\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3035-1000x750-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3035 (1000x750)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3040-1000x750.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-307\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3040-1000x750-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3040 (1000x750)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3046-1000x750.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-308\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3046-1000x750-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3046 (1000x750)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3053-1000x750.jpg\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignnone size-thumbnail wp-image-309\" src=\"http:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/IMG_3053-1000x750-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_3053 (1000x750)\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>This month&#8217;s lecture on Japanese swords was given by the swordsmith Shigenori Ozawa.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Ozawa, age 48, lives in Ashigarayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and is a disciple of Yukimitsu Takano. He became certified as a swordsmith in 2005 and has been chosen as the winner at many modern Japanese sword exhibitions. He works with a new modern method of tempering swords which does not involve Tsuchioki (putting earth on the blade during the tempering process).<br \/>\nThis was his second lecture, following his February lecture of last year, so there was a very relaxed, at-home atmosphere, and he explained about sword smithing while exchanging stories of daily struggles. Questions flew one after the other, and the allotted time of 1 hour was over in a flash.<\/p>\n<p>The second half of the time was given to sword appreciation. Participants listened attentively to the explanations of Udagawa Sensei and they appear to have absorbed new knowledge.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This month&#8217;s lecture on Japanese swords was given by the swordsmith Shigenori Ozawa. Mr. Ozawa, age 48, lives in Ashigarayama, Kanagawa Prefecture, and is a disciple of Yukimitsu Takano. He became certified as a swordsmith in 2005 and has been chosen as the winner at many modern Japanese sword exhibitions. He works with a new &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/2016\/02\/27\/sword-lecture-shigenori-ozawa-swordsmith-feb-27-2016\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Lecture by S. 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