Every great nation has ambitious men who bring about such changes that it unifies their nations under one particular sovereign, even if it never ends up being them personally.  Otto von Bismark united the lands that were known as the Holy Roman Empire and Prussia into one united Germany in the latter 19^th Century.  In the United States, arguably this would be both George Washington and Abraham Lincoln, who would both unite a nation under the American flag.  During the Sengoku period of Japan in the 16^th Century, Oda Nobunaga of the Owari province would set into motion a series of conquests that would eventually unite Japan under the Tokugawa shoganate and bring peace to his nation that would last more than two hundred years.  Though he conquered a third of Japan, he would not live to see his dream fulfilled, but his ambition would set the stage for Toyotomi Hideyoshi and Tokugawa Ieyesu to eventually finish what he started.  The Masahiro “Oda Nobunaga” Authentic Samurai Sword is a tribute to the man who would lead his forces against the likes of Takeda Shingen to finally bring Japan under one Shogun.  This is a handmade sword that is quite real and quite sharp, with a ray skin handle wrapped with silk, complete with a tsuba hilt that features a portrait of Nobunaga holding a sword over his shoulder.  Swords such as these are excellent for any collector to have on display, and would most certainly draw envy from associates who see it.