NihontoWatch月山貞一刀匠は、祖父貞一や父貞勝の作刀技術を受け継ぎ、大正十四年十八歳にしてすでに《後鳥羽天皇七百年祭奉賀賛太刀》を製作するほどに高い技術を示している。大戦後の昭和二十四年には《伊勢神宮式年遷宮》の太刀を謹製、家伝の刀身彫刻にも優れ、昭和三十一年の作刀技術発表会より優秀賞や特賞を連続受賞、昭和四十四年に正宗賞を受賞して無鑑査刀匠に認定され、昭和四十六年に重要無形文化財の指定を受ける。
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Yamato · around 1907-1995
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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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