GETTING MY KATANA JAPANESE SWORD TO WORK

value: The price of a katana can vary greatly according to the resources applied, the craftsmanship, as well as popularity of your maker. In 1719, Tokugawa Yoshimune, the 8th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, requested Hon'ami Kōchū, who was an authority of sword appraisal, to document swords possessed by daimyo throughout Japan in publications.