NihontoWatchThis is a katana by Ishido Teruhide, the 10th generation head of the Ishido family, born in 1900. The blade features a length of 66.0cm, a moderate sori, and a sharp sugata with a slightly extended kissaki. The jitetsu is a fine ko-itame hada with ji-nie, showing excellent forging, and the hamon is primarily gunome-midare in ko-nie deki.
NihontoWatchOffered by World Seiyudo
Saitama · around 1926-1989
2 pieces 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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