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• Tale of tatara
• About Tatara
• The History of the Tatara
• The Spread of Iron and the Start of the Tatara
• Ancient Tatara
• Medieval Tatara
• The Early Modern Tatara
• The Decline of the Tatara
• Tatara in the Chugoku Region
• Hi'i River
• Yamata-no-orochi
• Iron Sand
• Types of Iron Sand
• Kanna-nagashi
• Charcoal
• Kanayago-kami
• Life inside the Mountain
• Tessai (Slag)
• Tessai (mineral composition of slag)
• Fuigo Bellows
• Yasugi Specialty Steel and Tatara

The History of the Tatara

Tatara in the Chugoku Region