NihontoWatch柴田果(しばた か)は明治十七年秋田県雄勝郡羽後町西馬音内の生まれ。名物小夜左文字の短刀（国宝）を所持した愛刀家の柴田は佐藤重則、宮口一貫斎寿広に就いて鍛刀技法を修得。古鍛法を研究し、筑州左、大和保昌、山城来、越中則重、備前与三左衛門祐定等を手本に鍛刀。この短刀は、生ぶ茎無銘の柴田果の作品。藤代義雄師門下の竹田守太郎研師が研磨をし、佐藤寒山博士が「傑出之作」と鞘書している。
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As written by the shop
Dewa · 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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