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.
Swordsmith Kunitada's real name is Komiya Yokimitsu, born in Showa 29. He resides in Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture. The Komiya family is a lineage of swordsmiths, and his uncle was the swordsmith Komiya Shiro Kunimitsu, who was said to be a maker of Showa O-wazamono; that cutting ability was inherited by his son, the swordsmith Komiya Kuniharu Shiro Kuniharu (born in Showa 4). The eldest son of the swordsmith Shiro Kuniharu is the swordsmith Kunitada. The school of the swordsmith Shiro Kuniharu. Komiya Yokimitsu, swordsmith Shiro Kunitada, born in Showa 29 (eldest son), Komiya Akimitsu, swordsmith Shiro Yasumitsu, born in Showa 31 (second son), Komiya Soyomitsu, swordsmith Shiro Kunimitsu, born in Showa 34 (third son), Komiya Haruki, swordsmith Rokuro Kuniten, born in Showa 55 (grandson).
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Chikugo (Fukuoka) · Showa-Reiwa
1 piece 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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