NihontoWatchSwordsmith Kanemasa was born in Taisho 12, the younger brother of Yoshida Masaaki and a student of Morita Kaneshige. He was adopted into the Ono family and went by the name Ono Masami. Kanemasa was a swordsmith who was fastidious about the shihozume-gitae method in order to create tough swords using tamahagane from his own private smelting; the shihozume-gitae method was not often performed outside of the Yamaura school. He won numerous awards and in Showa 52 (1997), he was designated as a Gifu Prefecture Important Intangible Cultural Property. Resident of Yamada, Seki City, Gifu Prefecture, and a member of the All Japan Swordsmith Association.
NihontoWatchKanemasa兼正
Offered by E-sword
2 on the market
As written by the shop
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Mino · 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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¥550,000