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.
小板目良く詰み、金線を主調とした特有の流動的な互ノ目乱れを焼き、匂深く小沸よくつき、素晴らしい才能を発揮したさすが無鑑査と云える素晴らしい入魂の出来となっております。 法華三郎信房は本名高橋 昇。 明治42年5月15日生。信房氏は歴代刀工、仙台藩の最も優れた刀匠であった山城大掾国包の流れを継ぐ9台半蔵国包に学び、信房(7代目)の作風備前伝を継ぎ、初名を景房と名乗り、後に大和伝保昌派の作風の復元に成功して信房と改めました。 昭和39年新作美術刀剣展に大和伝を出品し入賞。以降毎年入賞し昭和56年には無鑑査となられました。 昭和41年12月には、日本刀鍛錬技術保持者として宮城県指定重要無形文化財の指定を受けます。日本の刀工200余人のうち大和伝保昌派の鍛錬ができるのは法華三郎信房・信次父子だけと云われています。 宮城県指定重要無形文化財(昭和41年12月指定)(日本刀鍛錬技術保持者)、全日本刀匠会東北代表監事、宮城県芸術協会名誉会員、美術刀剣保存協会宮城支部顧問、松山町文化協会名誉会員、新作名刀展において、備前伝・大和伝での入賞を繰り返し、無鑑査となり、切れ味優れると評判高い由緒正しき刀匠となります。
Nobufusa信房
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Rikuzen · 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.
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
The NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords) is a public-interest incorporated foundation founded in 1948 and supervised by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkachō); it is based at the Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo. Its expert panels physically examine each submitted work (shinsa) and issue a certificate (kanteishō) ranking it by artistic and historical merit. NBTHK papers are the most widely recognized standard of authentication for Japanese swords and fittings.
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