NihontoWatchThis katana is a powerful work by Akamatsu Taro Kaneteru, born in 1957, from Kumamoto Prefecture. It features a wide body, dynamic hamon with gunome midare and choji, and active hataraki including kinsuji and sunagashi. The blade is housed in a shirasaya with a solid silver habaki.
NihontoWatchOffered by World Seiyudo
Higo (Yatsushiro) · Heisei-Reiwa
2 pieces on the market now
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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