pax in terris

Tachi_Makoto Meisuke (F-19985). By Fukuoka Ichimonji Sukezane.
Tokyo National Muesum. National treasure. Kamakura period_13c.
Image: 1250 x 999 pixels (below and right).
Image from Tokyo National Museum, Digital Research Archives.

Note the waves in the steel along the length of he blade. This, for me, refers both to the opening phrase of Hermann Broch's "The Death of Virgil": "Steel blue and light....", and also to the Geneva Waves plate and bridge decoration of fine Swiss watch movements.

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