Namakura Gatana

Namakura Gatana (なまくら刀^?) or Hanawa Hekonai meitô no maki (塙凹内名刀之巻^?) is a short anime produced by Jun'ichi Kouchi at 1917. It was found in an antique shop in Osaka in central Japan in March 2008.^[1] This anime is a 2 minute silent short that tells a history about a samurai's foolish purchase of a dull-edged sword.

1. ^ "Two Nine-Decade-Old Anime Films Discovered (Updated)". Anime News Network. http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-03-27/two-90-year-old-anime-films-discovered.