Although most swords of this period are corroded and damaged, Kanto Tachi with gold and bronze fittings excavated from Kawarake Valley in Yasugi City, Shimane Prefecture is miraculously in good preservation, and is famous as a rare case to pass the shine from the ancient days to the present with its golden Tsuka (handle) as well as the body of blade.
この時代の刀剣の多くは朽損しているが、島根県安来市のかわらけ谷出土の金銅装環頭大刀は、奇跡的に優れた保存状態にあり、黄金色の柄をもち刀身さえも古代の輝きを今に伝える稀有な例として有名である。