The twentieth century nearly killed the craft twice: wartime distortion, then the occupation ban. The NBTHK’s founding in 1948 and licensed forging from 1953 rebuilt the sword as an art, crowned by Living National Treasures and the mukansa rank.
本造り庵棟 うぶ茎 小板目肌、柾交じりよく詰む。地沸つき、細かな地景顕われ、白気映り立つ。刃紋は尖り互の目、三本杉風に乱れる。匂い口ややフックラと小沸よくつく。僅かに小足、葉働き、金筋、砂流しかかり、明るく冴える。本名は酒井勝利。関の軍刀鍛冶、戦後の作刀を見ない。黒呂塗鞘打刀拵入り。
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Mino · around 1926-1989
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Shōwa to the present: destruction and revival
The twentieth century nearly killed the craft twice: wartime distortion, then the occupation ban. The NBTHK’s founding in 1948 and licensed forging from 1953 rebuilt the sword as an art, crowned by Living National Treasures and the mukansa rank.
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