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.
全日本刀匠会の幹事として鍛刀界発展に貢献した清水忠次氏が、吉原国家(荘二)刀匠の全面的な協力を得、源清麿のおそらく造短刀を範として自身の喜寿記念に鍛造した一口。 刀身中ほどまでの大きな鋒が人目を惹くおそらく造短刀。その本歌は武田信玄の所持と伝える島田助宗の作といわれている。
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Tokyo · 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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