NihontoWatch天田昭次師は昭和二年新潟の生まれ。十三歳で上京し栗原昭秀に師事。古名刀への憧れから昭和三十四年に鋼造りの研究に着手。昭和四十七年に無監査となって後も鉄素材の選択、鍛錬と焼入技術の研究を深化させ、現代刀匠の最高栄誉の正宗賞に三度輝き、平成九年には人間国宝に指定され、現代刀界に偉大な足跡を遺した。
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As written by the shop
Niigata · around 1926-1989
Tōken Taikan top 87%
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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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