NihontoWatch赤松太郎兼幸は本名を木村安広といい、昭和五十六年の生まれ。赤松太郎を名乗りとする木村家は人吉藩相良家の御用刀工の流れを汲み、戦前から戦後にかけて鹿児島川内川で採取した砂鉄を用いて自家製鋼に挑戦した祖父兼重‐父兼嗣と続く名流。家伝の清麿伝を手掛け、親子共々赤松太郎の鞴の火を守るべく、日々研鑽を積んでいる。
NihontoWatchAkamatsu Taro Kaneyuki赤松太郎兼幸
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As written by the shop
Higo · around 2005-
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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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