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.
隅谷正峯刀匠は、昭和五十六年四月に国重要無形文化財保持者(人間国宝)に認定された現代刀界の第一人者。鎌倉時代の地鉄の再現に努め、昭和四十三年から二十年程の間は自家製鋼に挑み、更に時代を遡って正倉院の蔵刀等、上古刀の地鉄を研究。 この平造脇差は正峯師が得意とした備中青江の逆丁子乱出来。
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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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