1.0KANSAI Tourism -welcome to KANSAI, Japan-https://kouiki.kansai.or.jp/enyoshidamitsukihttps://kouiki.kansai.or.jp/en/author/yoshida/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="H4RosqTlsP"><a href="https://kouiki.kansai.or.jp/en/article/banshu-miki-cutlery/">Banshu Miki Cutlery</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://kouiki.kansai.or.jp/en/article/banshu-miki-cutlery/embed/#?secret=H4RosqTlsP" width="600" height="338" title="“Banshu Miki Cutlery” — KANSAI Tourism -welcome to KANSAI, Japan-" data-secret="H4RosqTlsP" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); </script> https://kouiki.kansai.or.jp/main/wp-content/uploads/2017/12/083_tmb.jpg560360After the fall of Miki Castle in Tensho 8 (1580), carpenters flocked together from various parts of Japan to restore the town. A number of metal workers also came at this time and this was the origin of Miki Cutlery, craftspeople still retain traditional techniques to make saws, planes, knives and other varieties of tools.