This is a masterpiece book that contains a vast number of illustrations of Sanskrit characters engraved on Japanese swords, along with their commentaries and explanations, and provides a deep reading of the relationship between Japanese swords and Sanskrit characters. The book is beautifully bound in cloth with the title stamped in folio.

Author: Mitsuru Ito
Publisher: Otsuka Kogeisha
Year of Publication: 1989, First Edition, Box
Size: A4, 376 pages
Box size: 220*310mm
Many illustrations (monochrome)

The origin of Sanskrit as a script is thought to be the Brahmi script, a branch of ancient Indian languages. Brahmi means 'the script created by God Brahma. In other words, Sanskrit, which is closely related to Buddhism, came to be called "Sanskrit" in the Chinese character culture, and the characters used to write the Sanskrit language were used as "Brahmi script.
Sanskrit originated in ancient India and spread throughout Asia along with Buddhism. It was introduced to Japan via China as "Sanskrit" and systematized by Kukai. It is called Siddhantan script in ancient times, and is treated with the same importance as Buddhist statues, Buddhist ritual implements, and sutras.
In sword carvings, the Sittan script is often used to represent Fudo Myoo, his incarnation Kutsura, and Goma Chopsticks, etc. This Sittan script is also a representation of Fudo Myoo. Among the various Buddhas in Buddhism, Fudo-myo-o was worshipped by samurai warriors.

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