NihontoWatch天田昭次刀匠は昭和十五年の春に日本刀鍛錬伝習所に入所、栗原彦三郎昭秀の指導を受ける。昭和四十七年に無鑑査刀匠に認定。その後も七支刀、七星剣などの古作の再現、伊勢神宮式年遷宮御神宝太刀の製作などを勤め、平成九年に重要無形文化財保持者(人間国宝)に認定されている。
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As written by the shop
Niigata · around 1926-1989
Tōken Taikan top 87%
6 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.
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