Talk:Characters/@comment-41.82.95.66-20150502180236/@comment-31.33.217.53-20150512190233

Honjô Masamune... what makes it unique is that it was one of the main ancestral sword of the Tokugawa Shogun.

Honjô Masamune is either : 1° destroyed to serve in US metallurgy industry 2° in some soldier's grandchild hand, too much rusted for an amateur to recognize it. 3° preserved in some private collection, and the owner is smart enough to not give it to not returns it to Japan. But he could still take photos of it and tell them Honjô is safe and sure, somewhere, by internet. Since no one is doing this, it means 3° is just optimistic dellusion. 4° Hidden by the american or japanese government, because it has magic powers. Katana bashing dudes on YouTube wouldn't be found of this one... lol

As for Kusanagi-no-tsurugi... it is locked up in Atsuta-jingu. And here's something verry few people know about : the priests there considers it not as the Go-Shintai of Amaterasu-Omikami, but as Amaterasu-Omikami itself. Yet, it is the only shrine in Japan where the priests guarding it seems to be "affraid" people knowing what is happenning inside the inner sanctum.

Copies were made of it in ancient times, and sometime taken away, stolen from the shrine or the Emperor... But the official position is verry clear : the Kinjô-heika needs the Sanshu-no-Jingi to be legitimate.

Kusanagi is verry famous in Japan, but it's aspect and other détails are unknown, because the Emperor is not willing to disclose infos about that. That's why there is so many design everywhere. The black sword on wikipedia article is not the true Kusanagi either. Will they do that in Touken Ranbu ? So far, all Swords are made to look similar to their real aspect, but if they don't know a sword's design... And I don't think they made a secret deal with the Imperial Family or with Atsuta's gûji (head priest). lol

Kusanagi is not famous as the n°1 nihontô, but more as an hidden sword.

Sometime, japanese people coin the "Three Treasures" terms for technological items verry important in the current society. Meaning Kusanagi and the others are used for cultural inspiration. Since it's one of the few cases the japanese are reminding themselves they live in a Monarchy, I don't think the Emperor will give away this secret soon. Plus, the sword could still be stolen by China or Korea, who actively oppose Japan's existence.