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.
石川県。人間国宝隅谷正峯先生鍛造の青江逆丁子乱れの優品。地沸微塵について縮緬肌となる地鉄に逆がかる華麗な逆丁子乱刃を焼く。刃縁には純白の小沸が降り積もって真夏の積乱雲を思わせる。「特別展人間国宝隅谷正峯展」所載品
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As written by the shop
Ishikawa · around 1921-1998
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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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