“Murasaki Shikibu” was a Japanese female novelist who wrote “The Tale of Genji” or “Genji Monogatari (in Japanese)”, which is considered to be the world’s oldest novel, about 1,000 years ago. It has been reproduced in a limited edition as a maki-e knife series, transcending the passage of a thousand years.



Takeshi Saji Rainbow-colored VG10-W Damascus Nashiji Makie-Art series feature special blades with a core of VG-10-W stainless steel cladded with multiple layers of rust-resistant stainless steel, brass and copper, which provides a long-lasting edge as well as its beautifulness and unique multi-metal-colored texture with custom-made feeling.

 

On the beautifully Japanese lacquered (Urushi-nuri) saya sheath and handle, the traditional decorative Maki-e artwork of “FUJIN RAIJIN (the Wind and Thunder Gods)” is carefully hand-drawn by Master Kouichiro Tsukada. The collaboration by the master blacksmith Takeshi Saji and the Maki-e master Kouichiro Tsukada is very unique to bring the masterpiece into creation successfully.

Please be noted that these Murasaki Shikibu knives are very popular and extremely limited in stock.

[about Takeshi Saji]
Takeshi Saji is the leading blacksmith in Echizen. Saji was born in Takefu in 1948 in a family of second-generation smith. In 1992, he was officially certified as a “Traditional Master Craftsman” by the Japanese “Ministry of International Trade & Industry”.



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