NihontoWatch柴田果=本名、柴田政太郎。明治十七年、秋田県雄勝郡、現在の羽後町に生まれます。幼い頃より鍛冶に興味を示し、刀匠になってからは独創的に日本刀鍛錬法を研究して、昭和九年帝展入選を初に、総理大臣賞、特別賞、陸軍大臣賞、など数々の受賞を果たし、最優等の故を以って皇室への献上刀を収めるなどの栄誉を得、刀匠最高位の「国工」の称号を持つに至ります。秘めた才能を自身の努力により開花させ、戦前戦中を通して大いに活躍した異色ともいえる天才刀匠です。新作日本刀展審査員・権大宗匠。聖代刀匠位列表には、神品の列12名の一人に列位します。昭和二十八年三月没。 本作は、平つくりで長さが八寸八分を超える刃長、身幅、重ね尋常。姿健全で手持ちが誠に一振りです。地鉄は板目肌が流れて肌がよく現れ、地沸よくつき地景が入ります、いかにも強そうな鍛に、刃紋は沸本位の湾れ刃を主体に、互の目が交じりるもので、刃縁には沸粒が輝き地にもこぼれ、砂流し、沸筋、金線がにぎやかに働きます。帽子はそのまま確りと小丸へ返ります。茎は生ぶ。鑢目は筋違い。地刃ともに冴え冴えとして出色であり覇気がある、柴田果の短刀です。白鞘、金着一重はばき。
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Dewa · 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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