Support BladeForums! Paid memberships don't see ads! 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
A drop in the bucket. https://history.army.mil/books/wwii/MacArthur Reports/MacArthur V1 Sup/ch5.htm Cheers GC
Methodically listed piles of rust, more danger to the handler than to anyone else. Note the knee mortars. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6035515/Huge-haul-1-400-guns-1-200-swords-WWII-school.html
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.
Support BladeForums! Paid memberships don't see ads! 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. And kendo was banned '46-'52.
