NihontoWatchThis listing features a katana by Minamoto Moriyoshi, dated to August of the Jinjutsu year in the Showa era (1982). Moriyoshi, a smith from Kumamoto Prefecture, was a student of Kongo Hyoe Moritaka Yasuhiro and became a Mukansa smith in 1985. The blade is accompanied by koshirae.
NihontoWatchOffered by Choshuya
Kumamoto · around 1926-1989
7 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.
If, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.