Perry’s arrival in 1853 unraveled the Tokugawa peace and created the first mass demand for working swords in two centuries. Kiyomaro, called the Masamune of Yotsuya, died on its eve; Munetsugu and Yukihide carried the boom to the end.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchThe actual Suo Nagahiro tanto received by Nakatani Sadaomi from Lord Mori Takachika upon the construction and completion of the Katsusaka Barrier, which the Choshu Domain—having established Sonno Joi as its official policy—positioned as a vital defensive stronghold. On the nakago, which has shallow rust and still shines with a white luster, the circumstances of Nakatani Sadaomi being granted this tanto for his achievements in building the Katsusaka Barrier and making it a treasured sword for self-protection and service to the country are engraved exactly as in a passage written by Nakatani himself; it is a historical hitofuji that conveys the life-risking footprints of the retainers and the powerful Choshu Domain that led the history of the Bakumatsu and Meiji Ishin.
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Suo · around 1865-1868
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Bakumatsu: the last war market
Perry’s arrival in 1853 unraveled the Tokugawa peace and created the first mass demand for working swords in two centuries. Kiyomaro, called the Masamune of Yotsuya, died on its eve; Munetsugu and Yukihide carried the boom to the end.
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