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.
兼嗣刀匠は赤松太郎一門の祖である兼重刀匠の長男として昭和二十六年生、入選等を多数受賞。 木村家の御家は、人吉藩に仕えた抱鍛冶の家柄で、伝法は木村兼重刀匠から子へと伝えられ、長男が、赤松太郎兼嗣刀匠 (木村兼定)、二男が赤松太郎兼照刀匠 (木村兼弘) 、三男が、赤松太郎兼裕刀匠 (木村 馨) です。 現在の木村家は、源清麿や直胤を理想とした豪快な作域で有名で赤松太郎と号し、まさに刀一筋の一家でご子息皆が著名な刀匠となり活躍されております。
Akamatsu Taro Kanetsugu赤松太郎兼嗣
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Higo (Yatsushiro) · Heisei-Reiwa
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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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