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.
表 銘:関住兼時作之Sekijyu-Kanetoki 裏 銘:平成十一年九月吉日(A.D1999) 時 代:現代 刃 長Blade length:71.2cm 元 幅sword width(root):32.1mm 元 重Thickness(root):8.1mm 反 りcurve:1.8cm 先 幅sword width:21.9mm 先 重Thickness:4.3mm 目釘穴number of pins:1個 重量weight(Blade part only):615g 重量weight(Blade and outside parts):864g 登 録 Registration certificate issuing agency: 岐阜県 教育委員会 Gifu Prefectural Board of Education
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Gifu · around 1926-1989
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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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