Japanese historian: The reason so many acts of violence within the Tokugawa clan's inner circle were committed with Masamune swords was either due the bloodthirsty curse of a mad genius swordsmith... or to the Masamune forge being the clan's preferred supplier for high-end swords, meaning large numbers of those blades were in circulation at the top levels of the regime. Kabuki playwright: Well I know which explanation I'm using.
The word "sword" in the English language comes from the word "svert" in German. German has a a different word for weapons/tools that include katana, "messer" or "gross messer" big knife. I love big knives and swords but they definitely rely on different engineering principles. A katana is a long knife that does not use the engineering for acceleration that a sword does.
@@JesseJurun going by this logic wouldnt it be more accurate to refer to it as a "Katana" neither a "sword" in the European sense nor a "long knife" since it's forged in a way completely different from either of those weapons?
The story goes that if you placed a blade in a stream with the edge facing upstream and dropped a leaf in, a Muramasa blade would slice the leaf in half. Do the same with a Masamune blade and the leaf would flow around the blade, because a Muramasa blade looked for a fight, while a Masamune blade sought peace.
" A legend regarding both swordmakers said that they held a competition to see who was better by putting one of each of their blades in a stream. Leaves floating towards the Masamune would drift safely around the blade, while the Muramasa drew leaves to the blade, whereupon they would slice themselves in half. Muramasa bragged that this was evidence of his sword's superiority since Masamune's failed to cut anything, but Masamune stated that Muramasa's blade was inferior since it cut indiscriminately without control."
Masamune should always be sheathed because it doesn't want to hurt anything. Muramasa should always be sheathed because it always wants to hurt everything.
I remember learning about this playing Final Fantasy (the original) way back as a kid in the 80s- I was like 8. There was a Masamune in the game, and I had seen the names Masamune and Muramasa in other NES games. I wanted to know what it meant. No one could tell me. So I went to the library and found a book about Japanese swords and the samurai. (No internet back then, ya know) I read about Muramasa and Masamune. I then told all my friends. So, somewhere in a small cascadian town in the 80s was a school with a bunch of kids who knew the legends associated with those swordmakers.
@Cretaal Well then, thats even better! I grew up in the shadow of Adams myself. Right where the mountains turns to desert in Yakima county. Its good to meet another one of us!
Trueeeee. My late uncle has a Winchester rifle that he used to teach me how to shoot when i was a teen! He always had history lessons that are somewhat superstitious about it. Coincidentally because one night when he was hunting with his buddies in Terengganu forest he was sleeping top of a tree for safety at night. At least snakes could be killee in short range with a dagger but a wild boar could quite literally ram u to death or even a tiger at night. But what he didn't expect was a panther on the tree as well, he killed it out of shock because it was literally right across him at the time. It died after a few shots and after that he feared it was a mountain spirit he killed as the panther was innocent that wasn't even trying to attack him. His rifle since then jams every 1 shot and has to be reloaded bullet by bullet. He could get it fixed sure which would cost a bit but he keeps it as a reminder he killed out of fear for once and never forgave himself. The jamming was his divine intervention to stop going for hunting trips and just use his rifle for protection whenever we go camping. Uncle passed last month at age 75, diabetic. But he lived a long life knowing he passed on his stories to me and other disciples he had through his old years 😊
@@mariomene2051 in this case it's more a result of perspective. The samurai who went on his red light district killing spree was probably drunk, got into it with the girl he purchased (and maybe some other patrons) and had to blame something other than himself. I'm those days, superstition was common and blaming a curse was a regular occurrence. I actually feel bad for Muramasa since he actually got the blame in a roundabout fashion.
I remember as a child my late step grandfather told me about a katana he owned as a gift from his WWII days that's blood thirsty if it's drawn out of it's scabbard, like what was described as a Muramasa blade in this video. He displayed it in his room and forbid us to go near it. As a child, I can sense some strange and creepy aura around it. After his death the katana is nowhere to be found, none of my family members know about its whereabout 'til this day. I often wonder where it has gone to.
I really love the videogame Muramasa The Demon Blade for the Nintendo Wii, made by Vanillaware in 2009, the presentation of the game is to look like gorgeous watercolor japanese paintings and the gameplay is an action RPG and is fenomenal
Very logical breakdown of the infamous myth. As always! Would love to see a video about the lives of these legendary swordsmiths, and how they became so good at what they did. Maybe you've already made a video like this, I'll have to check. Thanks!
I would imagine that would be hard to produce due to the fact that highly skilled artisans usually tend to keep their methodologies to them selves and their students. And the students are not going to divulge anything on fear of losing their apprenticeship and bringing shame to their family. That being said...I would love to see one too.
My favorite pop culture reference to Muramasa is the Muramasa Blade in Castlevania Symphony of the Night. The sword literally drinks blood and gets stronger with more blood that is spilled with it. It also passively activates Alucard's dark metamorphosis spell continuously that heals him whenever blood is splashed on him.
Yoshimitsu (both name of character and the blade) from tekken quells his cursed blade's thirst for blood with his own blood after a match win sometimes. They also incorporated aspects of Enma in his moveset.
The Gameboy Advance Megaman Battle Network series had a Muramasa reference that I always wondered what the naming significance was growing up. It was a sword-type chip whose damage output would change based on how much damage Megaman had sustained; the more damage you had taken, the higher its attack power was to be used in battle
When someone mentions "Muramasa", what I immediately remember is a sword in "Castlevania Symphony of the night" which increases its strength when absorbing blood, it can get ridiculously powerful if you know where to go in the castle in order to find enemies that can bleed.
I give you mad credit just for nailing all of the pronunciation of names. The story of Japanese history no matter the context is always fascinating. So much history. Japan is a very unique country. I've had some great experiences there.
So,I got to see a cursed blade in person before the O hare expo, to return swords to Japan.I also got to hold a 16 th century wakizashi,in shiri saya!The cursed sword was in box with no furniture,only a scroll warning not to use the sword!
I was in the Hiroshima castle and they had a muramasa tanto on display. Im not sure of which generation, but the characteristics were definitely spot on from the books Ive read.
@@dolan-duk I actually got a SteamDeck just last week, guess I should set up a Wii emulator and the mod you mentioned 👀 seems like the perfect game for that system
I have a story regarding a cursed blade, whether it's a Murasama blade or some other cursed blade, I cannot say. Believe it or not, it's just what was told me by my parents as far as I can remember it: Back when Pasay was stil in development, one of my uncles found a katana in the grasslands. It was rusted but it still retaind its shape. Thinking it was special, he kept it in my grandmother's house. Nothing happened much, but whenever my uncles got into a fight with the other townsfolk, there was a sudden urge from one of my uncles to get the blade in question, thinking of killing them with it. It happened too often that my grandmother got the blade herself and sold it to who-knows-where. After that, the urge stopped, and the fights became less frequent.
I saw some of those blades for sale, many people who have had them in their possession say the same thing. Some are under lock and key in private collections behind glass to prevent from being touched and tainted by the curse.
This is when you are not the master of the blade but the slave of the blade, sadly in today age with firearms most of the the blades can't find a true master anymore
I love the reference in Marvel about the muramasa blades. Particularly in reference to Wolverine and how that blade is the only blade that could injure him. I thought it was fictitious. Now I know the history. Thank you. By the way, after watching Shogun, this makes more sense to me. Thank you. I appreciate your series
very interested in Yoshiro Shimazu haven't really seen much in detail about that family or the fights they were in outside of the fights with Tachibana
I am more interested in how the muramasa and masamune smoths made such impressive swords. Was it technique, as in the alloy or the tempwring, or was it a case of lost knowledge? Like, the smiths didnt pass on the trade secrets?
There are so many different patterns in the kanji reading that it's not clear by the letters alone how to read the old name. "Sengo" seems to be the more popular theory, but they call him "Senji," probably because it sounds more "cool."
Thing is, he had 2 Masamunes instead. And even those two were given up before his final battle: one (Kirikomi Masamune) to Toranaga's son, the other (Hyūga Masamune) to a son-in-law.
I first knew about Masamune and Muramasa swords when I saw the names in the popular videogame "Final Fight". I was only 13 years old and I didn't even know what those words meant. I didn't know that they were the names of two famous sword makers.
If Muramasa Ōdachi exists, I would personally love to own one in my older years! I'm fairly good with large/great swords... they're basically, the only type that I'm good with, anyways... especially the legendary Ōdachi Sword! I know how to easily use it! My friend had a Seven and a Half foot long Ōdachi sword that was handcrafted for him as a gift. It weighed a good 30 pounds, and the Blade was a long handled two handed weapon. Especially with its tremendously long blade. I had to practice mostly downward swings, angled swings, and unique dash swings. I also practiced some stylish swings to be extra fancy. It took me four long years, many injuries and cuts later... I've learned more than I need to know on how to use Ōdachi very well.
I have no practical knowledge of Muramasa blades but I do know enough about Japan's History that I created a Character in my group of friends for our own made Role Playing Game (rpg) that my Character was Muramasa Himself, who was, in the Sengoku period, already 400 years old Vampire living among the Japanese People and His swords were Indeed Cursed, but not intentionally so, He was using his forge as a way to control his thirst for Human blood, and was unknowingly imbuing his thirst for blood into the blades he forged. So when the Samurai, who were using his Blades as their preferred Blade of Choice, became, over time a blood thirsty violent clan, and were the unwitting victims of the Magic Muramasa had created to control his thirst for blood, and because of his inhuman strength, the blades were all of a superior quality, and all of his disciples were also vampires turned by Muramasa in his younger years, the forge he created was capable of taking the blood thirst from the Vampire forging it and imbuing it with that thirst for blood. The drawback was that the forge only worked for a few weeks So the Vampire, in order to avoid being detected by his Human neighbors and customers was forced to forge blades continually in order to keep the Thirst away. Until about a hundred years later (mid 1700s), when he realized that his blades were creating a bloody thirsty Samurai mob and Muramasa discontinued the sword making and destroyed the forge he had made, preventing any more cursed blades from being made and forcing Muramasa to relocate continually within Japan and then eventually leave Japan and move throughout History showing up in diverse places and locations occasionally making swords and daggers in the local style for the people who either knew him because they were vampires themselves, or because Blacksmithing was his preferred trade. I played my rendition of Muramasa for a few years, acquiring a lot of stories along the way. So much so that I think I could actually write a novel about him. But Nothing to do with the real man himself.
The first time I ever heard of a Muramasa blade was in the PS Vita game Muramasa Rebirth. It's a densely cultural game worth exploring It's references.
Yo Kai Watch has 2 yokai referencing both sword makers. Sheen (muramasa) and snee (masamune). You can recieve either of them by fusing the yokai chansin with a legendary blade or a cursed blade. The cursed blade obviously going the way of masamune.
And it was actually the other way around Masamune got into the sword making business to get Muramasa's swords off the streets about 100 years later. I do wonder if there is a good segment piece on the best known wielder of the Muramasa sword Obunaga Oda.
League of Legends, a popular MOBA has an item named Manamune, that will eventually transform into Muramana if the user engages in combat. Cool vid! Never knew of such a connection before watching this!
a possible reference to the muramasa legend is the Half-Zatoichi in TF2, more specifically a little quirk it has. if you pull it out and put it away without killing someone with it first, it'll damage you for 50 HP. so, the whole "draw the blood of an enemy, or draw the blood of its user" is very prevalent there
Ohhhhhh !!! the sword I have its exactly that one at minute 13:20 , its a cursed sword , I keep it in a warehouse ... blade lenght 64 cm, curvature 1,5 cm, blade width 2,8 cm , maybe its the same on that picture since it came from a royal family from Japan.
One of probably the most well known parodies of the Muramasa blades is the item from League of Legends called Muramana. Its essentially a blade that gets stronger as you use it. After reaching its full power, its name changes into Manamune and it gains another ability.
This is very interesting. I saw the name Muramasa and only thought of Marvel comics where the muramasa blade is the one true blade that could kill wolverine, deadpool and anyone with a healing factor. A better sword then the carbonadium blade. But learning about this is really fun!
muramasa in videogame adaptation called tenchu wrath of heaven or return from darkness signify about the sword's perilous nature as it sapped the vitality of its wielder that the Muramasa would partially deplete the user's energy, leaving just enough for survival.
I'd like to believe that just some random samurai became famous for being a klutz with his sword and that he just happened to have a one of the "cursed blades" 😂
my favorite reference to muramasa is in bleach when the spirit of a sword with the same name leads a rebellion against the shinigami. Muramasa is one of the coolest characters in that arc.
It's an old comment but I'll explain it. People who say that are just ignorant. In the Sengoku era, samurais were on horseback using archery. Of course when they came closer, they would fight with tachis. In the Meiji revolution era where most battles were fought in cities and not horseback, samurais were fighting with katanas. People in the West can't tell the difference between those two eras hundreds of years apart.
It's to get rid of the scales that will be collecting on the anvil. Here in Norway it was a tradition to knock the anvil with every 6th stroke, to keep the devil's chain links closed so he could not escape hell.
Didn’t Inuyasha contain a story line where the two swords are yin and yang to each other? Seshomaru had the healing sword and Inuyasha had the (insert sword name) one intended for destruction.
Thinking about Muramasa and pop culture, it can't be separate with Wolverine. In Marvel universe, Muramasa is an immortal man who make magic swords. One of which given to Wolverine to take revenge, but also the only weapon that can disable his healing factor and kill him permanently.
So no one is going to mention how the bay area when the clan borders are outlined looks like a samurai in a flowing kimono with sword drawn? Tilt it to the left.
Japanese historian: The reason so many acts of violence within the Tokugawa clan's inner circle were committed with Masamune swords was either due the bloodthirsty curse of a mad genius swordsmith... or to the Masamune forge being the clan's preferred supplier for high-end swords, meaning large numbers of those blades were in circulation at the top levels of the regime.
Kabuki playwright: Well I know which explanation I'm using.
Meanwhile, Muramasa in his demon forge in hell: “Fools!” 👺
They didn't actually say what it was they just deny those reasons from your quote. Perhaps add more depth to your quote.
The word "sword" in the English language comes from the word "svert" in German. German has a a different word for weapons/tools that include katana, "messer" or "gross messer" big knife. I love big knives and swords but they definitely rely on different engineering principles. A katana is a long knife that does not use the engineering for acceleration that a sword does.
@@JesseJurun going by this logic wouldnt it be more accurate to refer to it as a "Katana" neither a "sword" in the European sense nor a "long knife" since it's forged in a way completely different from either of those weapons?
@@wandilekhumalo7062 A sword has a pommel that effects rotational acceleration. And when you get it right! It is undeniable how efficient it is.
The story goes that if you placed a blade in a stream with the edge facing upstream and dropped a leaf in, a Muramasa blade would slice the leaf in half. Do the same with a Masamune blade and the leaf would flow around the blade, because a Muramasa blade looked for a fight, while a Masamune blade sought peace.
Muramasa cuts indiscriminately where as masamune only cuts to protect and maintain peace.
Nah, it's cuz the oil he used was hydro-phobic.
it would cut God himself to in half😮
was about to right it myself :)
" A legend regarding both swordmakers said that they held a competition to see who was better by putting one of each of their blades in a stream. Leaves floating towards the Masamune would drift safely around the blade, while the Muramasa drew leaves to the blade, whereupon they would slice themselves in half. Muramasa bragged that this was evidence of his sword's superiority since Masamune's failed to cut anything, but Masamune stated that Muramasa's blade was inferior since it cut indiscriminately without control."
Masamune should always be sheathed because it doesn't want to hurt anything.
Muramasa should always be sheathed because it always wants to hurt everything.
This is how babies are made.
I remember learning about this playing Final Fantasy (the original) way back as a kid in the 80s- I was like 8. There was a Masamune in the game, and I had seen the names Masamune and Muramasa in other NES games. I wanted to know what it meant. No one could tell me. So I went to the library and found a book about Japanese swords and the samurai. (No internet back then, ya know) I read about Muramasa and Masamune. I then told all my friends. So, somewhere in a small cascadian town in the 80s was a school with a bunch of kids who knew the legends associated with those swordmakers.
Same, for me it was a town next to Puyallup
@Cretaal
Greetings fellow northwesterner!
@@childofcascadia Hello! Better than a fellow northwesterner, a fellow Cascadian. Grew up in the shadow of Rainier.
@Cretaal
Well then, thats even better!
I grew up in the shadow of Adams myself. Right where the mountains turns to desert in Yakima county.
Its good to meet another one of us!
And it all came from the seed of Square Soft and Final Fantasy. Same for me too. 🩵
The "Winchester" of Japanese swords. The sheer number produced made the "curse" self-fulfilling .
"God made some men great and some men small, but Sam Colt made all men equal."
Yeesh this is a perfect comparison
Trueeeee. My late uncle has a Winchester rifle that he used to teach me how to shoot when i was a teen! He always had history lessons that are somewhat superstitious about it. Coincidentally because one night when he was hunting with his buddies in Terengganu forest he was sleeping top of a tree for safety at night. At least snakes could be killee in short range with a dagger but a wild boar could quite literally ram u to death or even a tiger at night. But what he didn't expect was a panther on the tree as well, he killed it out of shock because it was literally right across him at the time. It died after a few shots and after that he feared it was a mountain spirit he killed as the panther was innocent that wasn't even trying to attack him. His rifle since then jams every 1 shot and has to be reloaded bullet by bullet. He could get it fixed sure which would cost a bit but he keeps it as a reminder he killed out of fear for once and never forgave himself. The jamming was his divine intervention to stop going for hunting trips and just use his rifle for protection whenever we go camping.
Uncle passed last month at age 75, diabetic. But he lived a long life knowing he passed on his stories to me and other disciples he had through his old years 😊
Muramasa always came off as like the AK-47 of katanas. Neither cursed nor blessed. They are a tool to be used on the battlefield and nothing more
I believe in curses--not that they're a focus (more than a blessing).
@@mariomene2051 in this case it's more a result of perspective. The samurai who went on his red light district killing spree was probably drunk, got into it with the girl he purchased (and maybe some other patrons) and had to blame something other than himself. I'm those days, superstition was common and blaming a curse was a regular occurrence. I actually feel bad for Muramasa since he actually got the blame in a roundabout fashion.
@@BeachTypeZaku I'm not saying I know for a fact it was a curse, just that I'd be open to the possibility. 😅
@@mariomene2051 I gotcha, no worries👍
@@BeachTypeZaku 😎
I remember as a child my late step grandfather told me about a katana he owned as a gift from his WWII days that's blood thirsty if it's drawn out of it's scabbard, like what was described as a Muramasa blade in this video. He displayed it in his room and forbid us to go near it. As a child, I can sense some strange and creepy aura around it. After his death the katana is nowhere to be found, none of my family members know about its whereabout 'til this day. I often wonder where it has gone to.
Some of your family members definitely know its whereabouts, since they're definitely the ones to have taken it without letting the others know
Where did your grandfather live?
“Ah I see, you deny you’re weapon it’s purpose”
I really love the videogame Muramasa The Demon Blade for the Nintendo Wii, made by Vanillaware in 2009, the presentation of the game is to look like gorgeous watercolor japanese paintings and the gameplay is an action RPG and is fenomenal
Haven't heard of that but I do have a hacked wii so I'll give it a try. It in English?
@@aceman1126 Yes it can be played in english, it was released in america, on the Wii and PS Vita
Very logical breakdown of the infamous myth. As always! Would love to see a video about the lives of these legendary swordsmiths, and how they became so good at what they did. Maybe you've already made a video like this, I'll have to check. Thanks!
I would imagine that would be hard to produce due to the fact that highly skilled artisans usually tend to keep their methodologies to them selves and their students. And the students are not going to divulge anything on fear of losing their apprenticeship and bringing shame to their family. That being said...I would love to see one too.
My favorite pop culture reference to Muramasa is the Muramasa Blade in Castlevania Symphony of the Night. The sword literally drinks blood and gets stronger with more blood that is spilled with it. It also passively activates Alucard's dark metamorphosis spell continuously that heals him whenever blood is splashed on him.
Chrono trigger is how I learned about it.
Samurai Deeper Kyo for me 😌
I hate how I can’t read “Heals with blood” without thinking:
“Mankind is Dead, Blood is Fuel, Hell is Full.” And then Ultrakilling all over the place
Yoshimitsu (both name of character and the blade) from tekken quells his cursed blade's thirst for blood with his own blood after a match win sometimes. They also incorporated aspects of Enma in his moveset.
The Gameboy Advance Megaman Battle Network series had a Muramasa reference that I always wondered what the naming significance was growing up. It was a sword-type chip whose damage output would change based on how much damage Megaman had sustained; the more damage you had taken, the higher its attack power was to be used in battle
muramasa, murasame, masamune, thanks to Final Fantasy and Ninja Gaiden. these 3 manes have become well known in the West
Your forget the only thing for real
Metal Gear Rising Brazilian samurai
Memories Broken Truth goes unspoken
Facts
@@dante8478 i even forgotten my name
When someone mentions "Muramasa", what I immediately remember is a sword in "Castlevania Symphony of the night" which increases its strength when absorbing blood, it can get ridiculously powerful if you know where to go in the castle in order to find enemies that can bleed.
If you know where to go 🙄 bro we ALL know about the infinite spawning mermen like 3 rooms into the castle it's not a secret
Now I see, you deny your weapon its purpose! It yearns to bathe in the blood of your enemies
- Jetstream Sam
I give you mad credit just for nailing all of the pronunciation of names. The story of Japanese history no matter the context is always fascinating. So much history. Japan is a very unique country. I've had some great experiences there.
So,I got to see a cursed blade in person before the O hare expo, to return swords to Japan.I also got to hold a 16 th century wakizashi,in shiri saya!The cursed sword was in box with no furniture,only a scroll warning not to use the sword!
Samurai deeper Kyo is my favorite reference to the Muramasa.
In Sengoku Musou I, Oda Nobunaga 4th weapon is Muramasa. Also, in Way of the Samurai 3, there 's a Ninjato named Muramasa.
I first learned about Masamune and Muramasa from Final Fantasy II (IV) back in ‘94.
Edges best weps
I was in the Hiroshima castle and they had a muramasa tanto on display. Im not sure of which generation, but the characteristics were definitely spot on from the books Ive read.
In response to the end of the video, I think Vanillaware's Muramasa game is quite underrated.
Oh man, I totally forgot that game existed! Shoulda played it before I sold my PS Vita 🥲
@@anikihistoryGet the Wii version emulated on PC/Android with the 4K mod.
@@dolan-duk I actually got a SteamDeck just last week, guess I should set up a Wii emulator and the mod you mentioned 👀 seems like the perfect game for that system
Great video, thank you, sir.
Blood for the blood god
I knew a 40K fan would turn up in a video like this…
For the glory of Khorne!
Skull for skull king
My favorite reference is in the game ninja gaiden. He wields a muramasa blade, and muramasa is the swordsmith
The Muramasa story seems like such a perfect fit for Ninja Gaiden, makes sense!
Final Fantasy also: from 1 to 6 I know for sure (most famous: cyan dual welding in FF6), but maybe later games.
I always think about ninja gaiden whenever I hear "muramasa"
I have a story regarding a cursed blade, whether it's a Murasama blade or some other cursed blade, I cannot say. Believe it or not, it's just what was told me by my parents as far as I can remember it:
Back when Pasay was stil in development, one of my uncles found a katana in the grasslands. It was rusted but it still retaind its shape. Thinking it was special, he kept it in my grandmother's house. Nothing happened much, but whenever my uncles got into a fight with the other townsfolk, there was a sudden urge from one of my uncles to get the blade in question, thinking of killing them with it. It happened too often that my grandmother got the blade herself and sold it to who-knows-where. After that, the urge stopped, and the fights became less frequent.
That's very interesting you're family came in contact with one of the sword's
"The blade itself incites to deeds of violence"
Homer
I saw some of those blades for sale, many people who have had them in their possession say the same thing. Some are under lock and key in private collections behind glass to prevent from being touched and tainted by the curse.
This is when you are not the master of the blade but the slave of the blade, sadly in today age with firearms most of the the blades can't find a true master anymore
-Murasama you say.
A White Liberian.
love your videos mate!
Thank you so much! Comments like this really keep me going 😬
Why is "mate" so common now?
@@mariomene2051 People love the British accent mate!
@@anikihistory 😂 You don't even have a British accent!
@@mariomene2051 I wish I did tho, elevates every voice-over narration to another level 🔥
Hey! Thats NIOH soundtrack! Awesome!
Glad someone noticed! Both games are so freakin' good 🔥
I noticed immediately, really nice.
Japan loves it’s curses and swords
Rumor has it they have curved cursed swords!
*Walks out of Whiterun*
Great video! I would like to watch a video about Date Masamune from you btw!!!
You got it! Looking forward to making that video as well 😬
Everyone loves the one eyed dragon
Great video. And I loved the clips from my favorite sword making video. Well one of them. 🙏
Great video. Greetings from Taisha Ryu North America. Big fan of your site.
Thanks for watching and commenting! Much appreciated 🙏🏼
One of your best videos thank you
I love the reference in Marvel about the muramasa blades. Particularly in reference to Wolverine and how that blade is the only blade that could injure him. I thought it was fictitious. Now I know the history. Thank you. By the way, after watching Shogun, this makes more sense to me. Thank you. I appreciate your series
very interested in Yoshiro Shimazu haven't really seen much in detail about that family or the fights they were in outside of the fights with Tachibana
I am more interested in how the muramasa and masamune smoths made such impressive swords. Was it technique, as in the alloy or the tempwring, or was it a case of lost knowledge? Like, the smiths didnt pass on the trade secrets?
If you really want an answer, you can Google it. It’s all there.
Quality video. Interesting as well.
Thanks mate! Always glad to see ya in the comments
@@anikihistory gotta boost the content (by commenting)
@@mariomene2051 Hell yeah dude, the algorithm loooves comments!
@@anikihistory 😂 🎉 high 5 ✋
@@mariomene2051 ✋🏼 hahaha
I play Fate/Grand Order and one of my favorite Servants is Senji Muramasa, one of the best units in the game.
SAMEEE
First encounter was in Ninja Gaiden 2 where he is a merchant for Ryu.
Did they layer there many one over the other , coz they looked so grounded and truly heavy built ❓
How exactly Sabuco (? ) is done ❓🇯🇵
Sehr gutes Video. Grüße aus der Steiermark 😁
I like Muramasa adaptation in the mobile game Fate Grand Order, but idk why NA changes his name, from Sengo to Senji Muramasa
There are so many different patterns in the kanji reading that it's not clear by the letters alone how to read the old name. "Sengo" seems to be the more popular theory, but they call him "Senji," probably because it sounds more "cool."
Your background music makes me want to play Nioh again
my Favorite take on Muramasa is from MGR with Jetstream Sam having a Muramasa blade but naming it Murasama because they translated the name wrong
ye fr
This totally reminds me of Bleach's Zanpakuto Arc
Whisper, Muramasa...
If only Ishido knew about this at that time, he would have won against Toranaga
Thing is, he had 2 Masamunes instead. And even those two were given up before his final battle: one (Kirikomi Masamune) to Toranaga's son, the other (Hyūga Masamune) to a son-in-law.
Head and shoulders above the rest is a good line.
Classic story of blame the weapon for one's own killings, rather than accepting the reality that one is actually insane.
I first knew about Masamune and Muramasa swords when I saw the names in the popular videogame "Final Fight". I was only 13 years old and I didn't even know what those words meant. I didn't know that they were the names of two famous sword makers.
If Muramasa Ōdachi exists, I would personally love to own one in my older years! I'm fairly good with large/great swords... they're basically, the only type that I'm good with, anyways... especially the legendary Ōdachi Sword! I know how to easily use it! My friend had a Seven and a Half foot long Ōdachi sword that was handcrafted for him as a gift. It weighed a good 30 pounds, and the Blade was a long handled two handed weapon. Especially with its tremendously long blade. I had to practice mostly downward swings, angled swings, and unique dash swings. I also practiced some stylish swings to be extra fancy. It took me four long years, many injuries and cuts later... I've learned more than I need to know on how to use Ōdachi very well.
I have no practical knowledge of Muramasa blades but I do know enough about Japan's History that I created a Character in my group of friends for our own made Role Playing Game (rpg) that my Character was Muramasa Himself, who was, in the Sengoku period, already 400 years old Vampire living among the Japanese People and His swords were Indeed Cursed, but not intentionally so, He was using his forge as a way to control his thirst for Human blood, and was unknowingly imbuing his thirst for blood into the blades he forged. So when the Samurai, who were using his Blades as their preferred Blade of Choice, became, over time a blood thirsty violent clan, and were the unwitting victims of the Magic Muramasa had created to control his thirst for blood, and because of his inhuman strength, the blades were all of a superior quality, and all of his disciples were also vampires turned by Muramasa in his younger years, the forge he created was capable of taking the blood thirst from the Vampire forging it and imbuing it with that thirst for blood. The drawback was that the forge only worked for a few weeks So the Vampire, in order to avoid being detected by his Human neighbors and customers was forced to forge blades continually in order to keep the Thirst away. Until about a hundred years later (mid 1700s), when he realized that his blades were creating a bloody thirsty Samurai mob and Muramasa discontinued the sword making and destroyed the forge he had made, preventing any more cursed blades from being made and forcing Muramasa to relocate continually within Japan and then eventually leave Japan and move throughout History showing up in diverse places and locations occasionally making swords and daggers in the local style for the people who either knew him because they were vampires themselves, or because Blacksmithing was his preferred trade. I played my rendition of Muramasa for a few years, acquiring a lot of stories along the way. So much so that I think I could actually write a novel about him. But Nothing to do with the real man himself.
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Thats cool as heck
Ah the Muramasa, crucial item needed for the night's edge
Great video
I would love one of his swords like hands down the best swords ever made imo
Pretty cool!
Where can i see this sword??
playing nioh music while talking about swords and tokugawa is very fitting
The first time I ever heard of a Muramasa blade was in the PS Vita game Muramasa Rebirth. It's a densely cultural game worth exploring It's references.
Yo Kai Watch has 2 yokai referencing both sword makers. Sheen (muramasa) and snee (masamune). You can recieve either of them by fusing the yokai chansin with a legendary blade or a cursed blade. The cursed blade obviously going the way of masamune.
That's sick 🔥
Is that the voice of the sword expert from pawn stars? Thanks for sharing subscribed
And it was actually the other way around Masamune got into the sword making business to get Muramasa's swords off the streets about 100 years later. I do wonder if there is a good segment piece on the best known wielder of the Muramasa sword Obunaga Oda.
League of Legends, a popular MOBA has an item named Manamune, that will eventually transform into Muramana if the user engages in combat. Cool vid! Never knew of such a connection before watching this!
a possible reference to the muramasa legend is the Half-Zatoichi in TF2, more specifically a little quirk it has. if you pull it out and put it away without killing someone with it first, it'll damage you for 50 HP. so, the whole "draw the blood of an enemy, or draw the blood of its user" is very prevalent there
Ohhhhhh !!! the sword I have its exactly that one at minute 13:20 , its a cursed sword , I keep it in a warehouse ... blade lenght 64 cm, curvature 1,5 cm, blade width 2,8 cm , maybe its the same on that picture since it came from a royal family from Japan.
Realised you used the nioh for this and it was beautifully used
One of probably the most well known parodies of the Muramasa blades is the item from League of Legends called Muramana. Its essentially a blade that gets stronger as you use it. After reaching its full power, its name changes into Manamune and it gains another ability.
What a grandmaster of a smith 💯🇯🇵 japan always has legendary history
But is it on par with a hitory henso blade?
This is very interesting. I saw the name Muramasa and only thought of Marvel comics where the muramasa blade is the one true blade that could kill wolverine, deadpool and anyone with a healing factor. A better sword then the carbonadium blade. But learning about this is really fun!
Final fantasy series! That's where I remember from and Chrono trigger
Would you consider making a video on the Namamugi Incident?
muramasa in videogame adaptation called tenchu wrath of heaven or return from darkness signify about the sword's perilous nature as it sapped the vitality of its wielder that the Muramasa would partially deplete the user's energy, leaving just enough for survival.
It's very touching that he used the OST of Nioh in the video. Fits well with the blacksmith theme.
Didn't Okami have this OST originally?
@@DISSONVNT i remember only hearing it inside the blacksmith section of nioh
@@Chihav yeah it's there too, but it was also in Okami, not sure which had it first
anytime i hear people talk about the curse of muramasa blades I'm reminded of one of my favorite animes, samurai deeper kyo.
I first heard about Muramasa from Fate Grand/Order where he features as a character
What About HF Murasama?
I'd like to believe that just some random samurai became famous for being a klutz with his sword and that he just happened to have a one of the "cursed blades" 😂
How about the legendary totosai ?
my favorite reference to muramasa is in bleach when the spirit of a sword with the same name leads a rebellion against the shinigami. Muramasa is one of the coolest characters in that arc.
My favorite pop culture reference to muramasa blades is the one I’m about to make.
Nobunaga once owned a naginata made by Muramasa and would always nick himself on its blade.
Sounds like:
We buy all our cutlery from this one smith and wonder why his name is on every single piece.
Ok let's get down to brass taxes where do I get one and course no curse idc I frigging want one
I had heard that Samurai were more prized for their archery than swordsmanship, is this a myth? I would love to see a video about it.
It's an old comment but I'll explain it. People who say that are just ignorant. In the Sengoku era, samurais were on horseback using archery. Of course when they came closer, they would fight with tachis. In the Meiji revolution era where most battles were fought in cities and not horseback, samurais were fighting with katanas. People in the West can't tell the difference between those two eras hundreds of years apart.
I heard a muramasa sword is so powerful that it can talk other swords into turning against their masters.
I am sorry but can't help to wonder the intro, can anyone explain why one blacksmith's hammer didn't hit the metal?
It's to get rid of the scales that will be collecting on the anvil. Here in Norway it was a tradition to knock the anvil with every 6th stroke, to keep the devil's chain links closed so he could not escape hell.
Whattt is that freed from this mortal coil im hearing? A classic
The sword giveth, and the sword taketh away.
Muramasa's cursed sword, is like saying Windows is cursed because it's always being hacked.
I hear it! Okami background music ❤
Didn’t Inuyasha contain a story line where the two swords are yin and yang to each other? Seshomaru had the healing sword and Inuyasha had the (insert sword name) one intended for destruction.
Thinking about Muramasa and pop culture, it can't be separate with Wolverine. In Marvel universe, Muramasa is an immortal man who make magic swords. One of which given to Wolverine to take revenge, but also the only weapon that can disable his healing factor and kill him permanently.
That Series of Unfortunate events must be the doing of one Count Olaf.
Reminds me of the Kitetsu blades from One Piece
The double sided trident is referred as brahmastra the most powerful weapon in a Cosmos
memories broken the truth goes unspoken i even forgotten my naame~
So no one is going to mention how the bay area when the clan borders are outlined looks like a samurai in a flowing kimono with sword drawn? Tilt it to the left.
masamune in final fantasy IV/3 depending on release country...
Ahh Nioh music, so good!