NihontoWatchGyokushinsai Masakage, whose name was Goto Reisuke, studied the Soshu-den under Suzuki Masao, a high-ranking disciple of Minamoto Kiyomaro, and also studied the Bizen-den under Masatsugu, the grandson of Suishinshi Masahide. Although he produced works during the turbulent era of the Bakumatsu, he was forced to lay down his hammer upon the Haitorei, and the number of surviving works is extremely small.
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Echigo · around 1861-1864
Tōken Taikan top 97%
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Meiji: survival after the edict
The Haitōrei edict of 1876 ended sword wearing and nearly ended the craft itself. Military demand and imperial patronage kept a remnant alive, and in 1906 Gassan Sadakazu and Miyamoto Kanenori were named Artists to the Imperial Household.
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