Turn the legend that the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu in the Edo period the point of death (1616) has ordered his servants to throw overboard all his swords, as he believed that once unified Japan would no longer have needed instruments of death. From historical sources we know that June 3, 1616, or two days after the death of the shogun and following his funeral, four of his children including his successor Tokugawa Hidetada claimed the right to arms, while the remaining offspring opposed in wanting to respect the will the deceased father. The dispute lasted for years until he could Hidetada himself, in secret, to take possession of the sword and held it all in the dark for several years. Until he arrived in his last days of life, gave knives to Hochiro Magoichi famous blacksmith and manufacturer of many swords that belonged to his father. This heritage (we are talking about 210 blades) passed in the years following the then emperor Meisho, with all the symbolic value that would had in his hands, but also were lost to him for reasons still unknown. So we went to create a sort of legend on the blades of the Tokugawa, who said that anyone could have even one of those swords, within five years would have lost, as if the ghost of Ieyasu to take back the night what was rightfully hers. The family of the current Emperor Akihito owns less than 13, the other very little is known apart from a dozen that are held by various collectors around the world. These swords are of inestimable value both to the historical past, and for the very high quality and artistic value of their components.
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