Nihonto Links

Museums with Nihonto Collections:

Japan:

The Japanese Sword Museum

Tokyo Nation Museum

Kyoto Nations Museum

Sano Museum

Tokugawa Museum

Eisei Bunko– Hosokawa Museum

Mori Shusui Museum

Nezu Museum (Mitsumura Collection) –

Kurokawa Kobunka Kenkyujo

United States:

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Museum of Fine Arts – Boston: Asian Art

Pitt Rivers Museum

The Samurai Collection – Dallas: Barbier-Mueller

Europe:

Samurai Art Museum – Berlin

On-Line Museums/Collections:

Museum of Fine Arts – Boston

National Treasures and Important Cultural Property at e-Museum

Kyoto National Museum – Online Database

Clubs and Organizations

The Japanese Sword Society of the United States

Northern California Japanese Sword Club

New York Token Kai

The Token Society of Great Britain

Blogs and Forums

Nihonto Club

Nihonto Message Board

Samurai Archives Wiki

Cultural Affairs

Agency for Cultural Affairs, Government of Japan

Educational Tools:

For Fun:

Touken Ranbu (Game using historical swords as characters history explained in the trivia section on each sword)