Talk:Sengo Muramasa/@comment-88.188.124.55-20170323004003

There has been various blades made by Muramasa, and pretty much all of them are called Yôtô Muramasa, save for Myôhô Rengekyô Muramasa and possibly some others who have an individual name, Meitô. Not all of them were long swords : it is known that the son of Oda Urakusai had a spear forged by Muramasa, for example. However, blades made by Muramasa who are still extent today are verry few in numbers, maybe a dozen and little more than that.

The legend about Muramasa, contrary to what he claims, is verry real and spooky.

For example, one high ranked, battle hardened, tough as nail, many skulls taker, trustworthy retainer of Matsudaira Hirotada (Iesyasu's father), attacked the Lord at night and wounded him for no reason ; he was slain before succeeding and Historians had been disturbed by this unexplainable event ever since.

For example, a young retainer, son of a senior retainer, killed Matsudaira Kiyoyasu (Ieysu's grandfather) with a kesa-giri stroke. He did that to his Daimyô for no reason, except he had gone into panic and somehow went berserk, wiithout understanding what he was doing.

Ieyasu  himselef was wounded at least twice and maybe more by blades forged by Muramasa. And the one of his sons who was condamned to Seppuku, his kaishakunin suddenly burst into tears and was unable to carry on the beheading, so a senior Samurai had to take his place in all urgence to behead the poor young lord... but he had only a Wakizashi with him, his katana wasn't there. This wakizashi wa a Muramasa.

Sanada Yukimura, who wielded at least one Muramasa, ended up charging into the fray during the batte of Osaka, and his troops just followed him even though it was a crazy tactic.

From Albert Yamanaka, we also know of an anecdote, where a samurai called Matsudaira Geki suddenly goes crazy into a library and attack 4 other samurai. 1 was beheaded, 1 was cut into 4 pieces, and the 2 others were gravely wounded but survived the onslaught.

Men tends to be crazy with normal swords, for they are romantic things. But when it's a Muramasa, men tends to go crazy for no reason, to be wrapped into some kind of insane bad Karma.