NihontoWatch戦時中は栗原昭秀刀匠に学び、戦後も高い斬れ 味で知られた木村兼重刀匠の弟直幸と、兼重刀匠の子兼嗣の合作。両工及び一門は「赤松太郎」の流名を冠し、南北朝時代の大太刀を磨り上げたような、身幅広く鋒の延びた造り込みに、互の目丁子の華やかな刃文を焼くを特徴とし、師伝を活かして截断能力に優れていることから人気が高い。
NihontoWatchAkamatsu Taro Kanetsugu赤松太郎兼嗣
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Higo (Yatsushiro) · Heisei-Reiwa
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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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