Why do some Japanese katanas like those of Yoshindo Yoshihara cost upwards of fifty thousand dollars? - Quora
![Katana : Musashi Koku Jyu Yoshihara Soji Saku/Showa Aoi Ushi Toshi Jyugatsu Kichijitsu | Japanese Sword Online Museum Katana : Musashi Koku Jyu Yoshihara Soji Saku/Showa Aoi Ushi Toshi Jyugatsu Kichijitsu | Japanese Sword Online Museum](http://www.aoijapan.com/img/sword/2015/15507-1.jpg)
Katana : Musashi Koku Jyu Yoshihara Soji Saku/Showa Aoi Ushi Toshi Jyugatsu Kichijitsu | Japanese Sword Online Museum
![Bonhams : A Yoshindo wakizashi in rare blue-lacquer mounts Blade by Yoshihara Yoshindo (b. 1943), kojiri by the studio of Kano Natsuo(1828-1898) Bonhams : A Yoshindo wakizashi in rare blue-lacquer mounts Blade by Yoshihara Yoshindo (b. 1943), kojiri by the studio of Kano Natsuo(1828-1898)](https://images2.bonhams.com/image?src=Images/live/2012-09/18/8608911-13-14.jpg&width=960)
Bonhams : A Yoshindo wakizashi in rare blue-lacquer mounts Blade by Yoshihara Yoshindo (b. 1943), kojiri by the studio of Kano Natsuo(1828-1898)
![A Kanmuri otoshi tanto by Yoshindo Yoshihara in - Dec 09, 2017 | Czerny's International Auction House in Italy A Kanmuri otoshi tanto by Yoshindo Yoshihara in - Dec 09, 2017 | Czerny's International Auction House in Italy](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/566/112197/57614141_1_x.jpg?quality=15&version=1510561515&width=375)
A Kanmuri otoshi tanto by Yoshindo Yoshihara in - Dec 09, 2017 | Czerny's International Auction House in Italy
![The Art of the Japanese Sword: The Craft of Swordmaking and its Appreciation by Yoshindo Yoshihara, Leon Kapp, Hiroko Kapp, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble® The Art of the Japanese Sword: The Craft of Swordmaking and its Appreciation by Yoshindo Yoshihara, Leon Kapp, Hiroko Kapp, Hardcover | Barnes & Noble®](http://prodimage.images-bn.com/pimages/9784805312407_p0_v4_s1200x630.jpg)