NihontoWatchThis is a katana by Ishido Teruhide, the 10th and last generation of the Ishido Korekazu line of swordsmiths in Edo/Musashi Province. Made during WWII, the blade has a fine ko-itame jihada and muji-hada with a suguha based hamon mixed with gunome midare. It is mounted in its original WWII Japanese Navy Officer Kai-Gunto Koshirae and would be outstanding in a fresh new polish with shirasaya.
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Saitama · around 1926-1989
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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