NihontoWatch隅谷正峯(まさみね)刀匠は昭和五十六年四月に国重要無形文化財保持者に認定された現代刀界の第一人者。鎌倉期の備前刀を研究し、昭和四十三年からは自家製鋼にも挑戦するなど意欲的に活動し、さらに時代の上がる正倉院の上古刀の地鉄研究にも取り組んだ。元号が平成に改まった頃、ふと立命館大学時代の恩師桜井正幸の「昔の刀は和銑から造っていた」との言葉が脳裏に蘇ると銑卸しに挑み、映りの再現に見事に成功する。
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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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