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because a tachi was worn Along with the cutting edge down, and the katana was worn With all the chopping edge up, the mei might be in opposite areas within the tang.[fourteen] In 1719, Tokugawa Yoshimune, the 8th shogun of the Tokugawa shogunate, requested Hon'ami Kōchū, who was an authority of sword appraisal, to document swords possessed by da