NihontoWatchGinza Choshuya 東京都中央区銀座3-10-4 月–土 9:30–17:30 和平刀匠は昭和十八年横浜市六浦の出身で宮入昭平の門人。正宗、志津など相州上工を目標に作刀に励むも、突如大破した丸砥で顔面を骨折し、右目失明の危機に遭遇、しばらくは再起を目標に療養の日々を送る。その後、岡田切吉房を熟覧する機会を得、福岡一文字の研究に没頭。新作名刀展にて数々の特賞に輝き、平成十二年には無鑑査に認定。その矢先の平成十五年に他界。早すぎる死が大いに惜しまれる。
NihontoWatchOffered by Choshuya
Sagami · 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.
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