NihontoWatch喜多貞弘は昭和十四年に入門した月山貞勝の高弟。師の作刀を援け、戦後は貞勝の子で、人間国宝として海外にもその名の知られた貞一を支えて鎚を振るったため自作は極めて少ない。 この短刀は、室町後期の明応頃の備前長船勝光を想わせる両刃造。備前の両刃造に相州伝の沸が昂然と輝く美観はまさに貞弘刀匠の独創。
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As written by the shop
Nara · 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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