NihontoWatchTokucho: Kurihara Akihide was from Shizuma no Sato, Aso-gun, Tochigi-ken and was a former member of the House of Representatives; he learned sakuto from Inagaki Masaou, a monjin of Suishinshi Masahide. He trained more than 50 monshusei, including Ningen Kokuho Miyairi Akihira and Amada Akitsugu, and built the foundation of the modern toko world. In 1926, he established the Nihonto Tanren Denshusho at the former site of the Katsu Kaishu residence in Akasaka Hikawa-cho, Akasaka-ku, Tokyo-shi (present-day Akasaka 6-chome, Minato-ku, Tokyo). Sobudai was the name given by the Showa Tenno to the Rikugun Shikan Gakko when he visited for the school's graduation ceremony after it moved to Zama-mura, Koza-gun (present-day Zama-shi) in 1937 (Showa 12); he also opened the Nihonto Gakuin there and conducted the training of toko.
NihontoWatchOffered by Samurai Shokai
6 on the market
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Tochigi · around 1926-1989
Tōken Taikan top 95%
6 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.
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
The NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords) is a public-interest incorporated foundation founded in 1948 and supervised by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkachō); it is based at the Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo. Its expert panels physically examine each submitted work (shinsa) and issue a certificate (kanteishō) ranking it by artistic and historical merit. NBTHK papers are the most widely recognized standard of authentication for Japanese swords and fittings.
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