NihontoWatch<audio controls preload="auto"> <source src="clocktowerbell.mp3" type="audio/mpeg" /> </audio> Moto-haba (Width at Ha-machi) : Approx. 3.06cm Horimono : Omote "Fu ji shaku shin myo" 5 letters The swordsmith Shimizu Tadatsugu was born in Taisho 10 in Katsushika, Tokyo. His start in sword making was relatively late; in his late 30s, he entered the school of the first generation Yoshihara Kuniie and utilized the iaijutsu and battojutsu he had studied himself in his sword making. In subsequent Meito exhibitions and the like, he received many awards, was active in public roles such as serving as a consultant for the All Japan Swordsmith Association, and was also involved in the production of dedication swords for Ise Jingu. This sun-no-nobi tanto has a robust tsukurikomi with a wide mihaba and thick kasane, and the area around the monouchi is slightly shaved, giving a sharp impression. On the omote of the toshin, the characters "Fu ji shaku shin myo" (meaning to devote oneself to the teachings of the Buddhist path without begrudging one's life) are carved with powerful brushwork. On the ura, futasuji-hi are kaki-nagashi, tightening the sugata. The jigane of ko-itame kitae mixed with ko-moku is finely packed, the entire surface is covered in fine ji-nie, and delicate yet dense chikei appear, bringing out a dynamic scenery especially near the ha. The hamon is a beautiful gunome-midare in a composition with high and low intonation, and the boshi enters with a shallow midare and returns shallowly in ko-maru. The yakiba, where the particles of ko-nie are finely uniform, creates countless hotsure in the hadame leading from the chikei that appeared across the ji-ha to kinsen, and entwining with the nie-ashi spreading toward the ha-saki, it becomes a vivid hataraki of the ha-hada. The toshin-hori here likely shows his determination to devote himself to sword making without begrudging his life; it is a work with a clear ji-ha.
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Tokyo · around 1926-1989
3 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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