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.
塚本新八といい福島県出身。笠間一貫斎繁継の門人で師の娘婿になる。 27歳で一貫斎と号することを許され、戦前の現代刀匠番付では東の横綱に君臨するほどの名工。陸軍受命刀工。昭和33年43歳没。 しかし本作は弟子の一貫斎喜昭(塚本小太郎)が何かしらの理由で起正の代打ちした短刀であるという記述が残っている珍しい一作。 目釘穴未開。喜昭も数々の賞を受賞した名工。師も弟子も早逝したため作品稀。
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Tokyo · around 1926-1989
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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