1200 swords

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John A. Larsen

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There is an article out there on 1400 rifles and 1200 swords found buried at a Japanese school in Tokyo, of course in bad shape after all these years. Google "1400 rifles 1200 swords found in Japanese school. John
 
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gadunz said:
Post WW2, were most katanas bulldozed into the ground?
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Nope.
As the country was under new administration, Japanese traditional swords were ordered dumped in the sea en masse as per the orders of Dugout Doug.
A crying shame.
 
Well, they did have a history of being used to chop up unarmed civilians & POWs, so ever since its been smallswords on parade for the JSDF.
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And kendo was banned '46-'52.
 
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