General Walter Krueger (right) presents President Harry S. Truman (left) with a 650 year old Japanese sword. The general received the sword from a Japanese family while with the 10th Army occupation forces in Japan.

Gorō Nyūdō Masamune (五郎入道正宗, Priest Gorō Masamune, c.1264–1343)[ 2 ] was a medieval Japanese blacksmith widely acclaimed as Japan's greatest swordsmith. He created swords and daggers, known in Japanese as tachi and tantō, in the Sōshū school.

2019年11月10日 · In Independence, Missouri on March 4, 1978 a brazen and mysterious theft took place at the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum. Around 6:30am, thieves took priceless swords and daggers...

2014年7月10日 · Just a few months into his presidency, President Harry S. Truman was presented a gift so rare that only ten of them are known to exist in the world – a samurai sword made by Masamune, a legendary sword smith from the Sagami Province of Japan.

2018年9月17日 · In America, at least one Masamune sword exists in Missouri. Tucked away in the Truman Library is a gleaming artifact that is more than 700 years old. The katana, which is in nearly perfect condition, was a gift presented to President Harry S. Truman from U.S. Army Gen. Walter Krueger, one of the commanders of U.S. forces occupying post-war Japan.

General Walter Krueger (right) presents President Harry S. Truman (left) with a 650 year old Japanese sword. The general received the sword from a Japanese family while with the 10th Army occupation forces in Japan. From: the scrapbooks of …

2024年8月16日 · Japanese blacksmith and swordsmith Masamune, who lived in the 13th century, is considered one of the finest sword-makers in history. Remembered as the founder of the Soshu school of sword-making, Masamune revolutionized the metallurgical technique of making

2017年2月11日 · There are three Masamune blades that point us in the right direction, or at least would help identify the Honjo Masamune if it is every rediscovered. The first is the Fudo Masamune. The second is the Truman Masamune. And the third is the recently rediscovered and verified Masamune--the Shimazu Masamune.

2022年1月5日 · Born in the 1260s, master Japanese sword maker Honjo Masamune was legendary for the strength and flexibility of his weapons, at a time when swords symbolized status and honor. Acclaimed throughout the ancient world, Masamune's work was so revered that by the late 1280s, the emperor of Japan himself, Emperor Fushimi, made him his primary weapon ...

2021年5月6日 · More than four decades ago, the Harry S. Truman Presidential Library & Museum found itself at the center of a heist. The thieves got away with national treasures that were never seen again....