Shinshintō (新々刀) – Lit. “new new sword” or “very new sword.” Term to refer to sword made between the shintō and the haitōrei, which is from around An´ei (安永, 1772-1781) to 1876. The start of the shinshintō era is usually equated with the fukkotō movement (復古刀), the revival of old kotō-era forging traditions, initiated by Suishinshi Masahide (水心子正秀). Masahide was namely not satisfied with the then status quo of the sword world, i.e. to remain stuck to the Ōsaka-shintō and the danger of falling into oblivion of the kotō-era forging techniques. He tried more or less single-handedly to rediscover and revive the old forging techniques of the Heian and Kamakura period and this new focus on the art of sword forging after a period of qualitative and quantitative decline was so epoch-making that the term shinshintō was introduced.