{"id":1779,"date":"2018-07-10T22:54:43","date_gmt":"2018-07-10T19:54:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/?p=1779"},"modified":"2018-07-10T22:54:43","modified_gmt":"2018-07-10T19:54:43","slug":"the-secret-world-of-the-japanese-swordsmiths","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/2018\/07\/10\/the-secret-world-of-the-japanese-swordsmiths\/","title":{"rendered":"The (secret world of the) Japanese Swordsmiths"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>How Japanese swords (the <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Katana\">Katana<\/a>) were made, an absolutely brilliant short documentary from 1997!<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/gxwWf-MfZVk\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"autoplay; encrypted-media\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>The Japanese sword is the soul of the Samurai. The crafting of this work of art &#8212; which embodies beauty, strength and tradition &#8212; has been shrouded in secrecy for more than a thousand of years. Because of the highly advanced techniques and numerous years of dedicated effort required in crafting Japanese swords, the skill has always been a closely kept and jealously guarded secret. Yohindo Yoshihara is a consummate Japanese swordsmith and a very high regarded Mukansa craftman in Japan. He is also the best-known Japanese swordsmith outside of Japan.<br \/>\nThis video has been produced to appeal to all aficionados of the Japanese sword around the world and is a treasure trove of secrets to Yohindo Yoshihara&#8217;s truly outstanding Japanese sword craftsmanship.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Watched the documentary today and was very impressed. A craftsman can do what no machine can &#8212; achieving perfect balance, symmetry, and beauty&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>How Japanese swords (the Katana) were made, an absolutely brilliant short documentary from 1997! The Japanese sword is the soul of the Samurai. The crafting of this work of art &#8212; which embodies beauty, strength and tradition &#8212; has been shrouded in secrecy for more than a thousand of years. Because of the highly advanced&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[28],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1779","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-amazing-stuff"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1779"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1780,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1779\/revisions\/1780"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1779"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1779"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.optimiced.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1779"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}