NihontoWatch清水忠次(しみず ただつぐ)刀匠は大正十年、東京都葛飾の生まれ。作刀の開始は比較的遅く、三十代後半に初代吉原国家刀匠に入門し、自ら学んでいた居合術や抜刀術を通して作刀に活かした。その後の名刀展などでは多くの賞を受賞しており、全日本刀匠会の相談役を勤めるなど公の場でも活躍し、伊勢神宮への奉納刀の製作にも携わっている。
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As written by the shop
Tokyo · 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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