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title: Hamon of a Samurai Katana Blade
author: Guimet Museum
source: https://www.worldhistory.org/image/10984/hamon-of-a-samurai-katana-blade/
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license: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0)
updated: 1970-01-01
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# Hamon of a Samurai Katana Blade
_Authored by Guimet Museum_
## Image File
[](https://www.worldhistory.org/uploads/images/10984.jpg)
## Image Caption
The blade of a [samurai sword](https://www.worldhistory.org/Samurai_Sword/), the katana, displaying the distinctive wavy hamon or temper pattern used by Japanese swordsmiths to identify their work. 1501 CE. (Guimet Museum, [Paris](https://www.worldhistory.org/disambiguation/paris/))
## Cite This Work
### APA
Museum, G. (2019, July 08). Hamon of a Samurai Katana Blade. *World History Encyclopedia*.
### Chicago
Museum, Guimet. "Hamon of a Samurai Katana Blade." *World History Encyclopedia*, July 08, 2019. .
### MLA
Museum, Guimet. "Hamon of a Samurai Katana Blade." *World History Encyclopedia*, 08 Jul 2019, .
## License & Copyright
[Original image](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Katana_blade_1505_Osofune_school-MA_6943-IMG_9006-gradient.jpg) by [**Guimet Museum**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Katana_blade_1505_Osofune_school-MA_6943-IMG_9006-gradient.jpg). Submitted by [Mark Cartwright](https://www.worldhistory.org/user/markzcartwright/ "User Page: Mark Cartwright"), published on 08 July 2019. The copyright holder has published this content under the following license: [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0deed.en). This license lets others remix, tweak, and build upon a work even for commercial reasons, as long as they credit the author and license their new creations under the identical terms. When republishing on the web a hyperlink back to the original content source URL must be included. Please note that content linked from this page may have different licensing terms.