into
contemporary
movies,
and
printed in
popular
publications.
They are a
part of
the living
culture of
Japan
today.
Many of
these
tales are
about
sensitivity
to casual
failures.
For
instance,
a daimyo
called on
three of
his
retainers
to name
the maker
of a
certain
fine
sword.
They
disagreed
and when
experts
were caned
in it was
found that
Nagoya
Sanza had
been the
only one
who had
correctly
identified
it as a
Muramasa
blade. The
