NihontoWatchOrdering Number: 24222Katana in ShirasayaSignature: Soshu Ju Kazuhira Saku 相州住和平作Gifted to my beloved son Akira 父依リ最愛ナル彰ニ贈之Forged with all my soul in Spring of Showa 53 (1978)盡精魂限鍛之昭和五十三年春We divide 4 sections for each sword as Saijyo Saku, Jyojyo Saku, Jyo Saku and Regular Saku.This sword is ranked as Jyojyo Saku for the works of Sōshū-jū Wahei.Habaki:Blade Length: 67.7 cm (26.65 in)Curvature: 1.9 cm (0.75 in)Mekugi Hole: 1Width at Base: 3.3 cm (1.30 in)Width at Yokote: 2.54 cm (1.00 in)Thickness: 0.77 cm (0.30 in)Sword Weight: 860 gEra: Spring of Showa 53 (1978)Shape: wide and thick blade with long kissaki.Jigane: fine Ko-itame hadaHamon: Gunome midare with deep nioikuchi and sunagashi and long Kinsuji.Features: Okubo Kazuhira was born in 1943 in Kanagawa.He learned from Miyairi Shoei. He became Mukansa swordsmith in 2000. He passed away in 2003. The inscription says, “ fordged with all my soul” indicating that the he worked very hard to forge it as a gift to his son. Perhaps that is why the workmanship is also excellent. The long Kinsuji is especially wonderful.Aoi Art paperWhole OshigataPrice:750,000JPYOrder FormRelated Items:Katana:Minamoto Moriyoshi (Mukansa Swordsmith)(1990)(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)Katana: Osaka Ju Gassan Sadakatsu Kinsaku (Kao)(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)Katana:Hokke Saburo Nobufusa (Kao) (Mukansa Swordsmith) A lucky day in early spring 1987(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)Katana:Mino Koku Okachiyama Sanroku Junin Fujiwara Nagasada. August, 1866. Made at Aoyama in Edo. (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)Katana: Jiro Taro Naokatsu (February 1839)(NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)Katana:Osaka Ju Gassan Sadakatsu (Kao) (NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token)
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Sagami · 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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