NihontoWatch繁政刀匠は、大正十年に刀身彫刻の名手笠間繁継師に入門。戦中戦後に備前伝と相州伝に取り組み、華やかな丁子乱、互の目乱刃など清浄感のある焼刃に得意の刀身彫刻を以て古伝と現代の調和を求めた。本作は池上本門寺の古釘等を用いたもので、鎌倉時代の鋼を卸し鉄とした貴重な作。表に草書体になる御題目を、裏には不動明王と大日如来を意味する梵字と護摩箸を簡潔な二筋の線刻で表し、彫刻の名手繁政の冴えた技量が見てとれる。
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As written by the shop
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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