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.
豊前住河野貞光刀匠は、昭和二十五年生まれ。本名 河野 博。福岡県在住です。人間国宝の、故 月山貞一刀匠に師事します。月山貞一の門下中でも腕前高い刀工で技量優秀により、師より”貞”の一字を戴き、以後、「貞光」と名乗ります。地鉄造りの美しさは文句なし、出来は当然のこと素晴らしく、更に貞光刀匠は、折れず曲がらずに良く斬れる日本刀を追求されており、斬味では現代刀匠中随一とかなりの定評が有ります。その凄まじい斬れ味から「今虎鉄」と呼ばれ、武道家にも絶大な人気を誇る刀匠です。
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Buzen · around 1950-2013
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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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