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.
幕末から明治の月山雲龍子貞一(帝室技芸員)、貞勝、貞一(人間国宝)などの名工を輩出した月山家の勇名は、当主の力量も勿論のことながら、優れた門人に拠るところも大きい。昭和十四年、月山貞勝に入門した貞弘刀匠もその一人。備前伝、山城伝、相州伝を得意としながらも、専ら師貞勝、その子貞一の鍛刀に協力していたためであろう、自身作は極めて尠ない。
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Nara · around 1926-1989
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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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