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.
後鳥羽上皇の、延応元年二月二十二日に没して七百年に当たる昭和十四年、後鳥羽上皇が祀られている水無瀬神宮隠岐神社において七百年祭が催され、この折に梶山靖徳及び髙橋貞次を筆頭に同時代を代表する多くの刀工が宝刀を奉納している。高橋貞次刀匠は月山雲龍子貞一と貞勝に学び、戦後、刀匠としては初めての国指定重要無形文化財保持者に認定されている。
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As written by the shop
Ehime · around 1926-1989
3 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.
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.