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.
南北朝時代の備中青江次直や次吉等は、直刃出来の太刀の他、丁子乱刃の頭が茎先へ向かって焼かれた、所謂逆丁子(さかちょうじ)乱刃の冴えた、身幅の広い寸延び短刀や平造小脇差を遺している。
Kiyofusa清房
Offered by Choshuya

As written by the shop
Kaga · around 1926-1989
1 piece 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.
If, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.