NihontoWatchMoodern sword Seki ju Kanetoki(2nd generation) with Koshirae. 関の名工、二代小島兼時による作品です。 本作は居合用に作られた刀で、軽量で取り回しやすく、バランスにも優れています。 拵えは柄巻が新品ですので、ご購入後すぐに居合用としてお使いいただけます。 This is a work by the renowned Seki swordsmith, the second-generation Kojima Kanetoki. Made for iaido practice, this sword is lightweight, easy to maneuver, and superbly balanced. The hilt wrapping on the koshirae is brand new, allowing it to be used for iaido immediately after purchase. 「刀姿 sword figure」 鎬造り庵棟、身幅重共尋常、鳥居反り、中鋒。茎は生で鑢目は鷹の羽、茎尻は栗尻。 Shinogi-zukuri construction with an iori-mune. The blade has standard width and kasane (thickness), with a torii-zori curvature and a medium kissaki. The tang is ubu, with hawk’s-feather file marks, and the tang tip is kurijiri. 「彫り物 carving」 彫り物は片チリの棒樋が鎺下に書き流しとなる。 The carvings consist of a bo-hi groove with one-sided chiri, flowing into a kaki-nagashi termination beneath the habaki. 「地鉄 jigane」 地鉄は板目肌に杢目が交じり、地沸付き、鉄色冴える。 The jigane is primarily itame-hada mixed with mokume-hada, with ji-nie present, and the steel shows a clear, bright tone. 「刃紋 hamon」 刃紋は互の目乱れが湾れ、刃緑沸が付き、足入る。帽子は乱れ込み先尖り、小丸に返る。 The hamon is a gunome-midare mixed with notare, with nie along the habuchi, and ashi entering the temper line. The boshi is midare-komi, turns slightly pointed at the tip, and returns in a ko-maru. 「特徴 detailed」 関住兼時(二代)、本名は小島寛二。大正14年9月2日、岐阜県関市長住生まれ。 師は父である小島時二郎(初代兼時、のちの兼道)で、さらに渡辺兼永の日本刀鍛錬塾でも学びました。 昭和32年2月9日、文化庁より作刀認可を受ける。 その後、全日本刀匠会理事を務め、奨励賞、努力賞2回、入選21回を受賞するなど、現代を代表する関の刀匠の一人として知られています。 ご子息は小島邦夫(二代兼道)氏で、現在はお孫さんが三代兼時を名乗っています。 本作は居合用に作られた刀であるため、重量が軽く、手持ちのバランスにも優れています。 刀身は古研ぎですが、状態はわずかにヒケが見られる程度です。 また、拵のコンディションは良好で、柄巻は新品に巻き替えてあります。 ご購入後すぐに居合用としてお使いいただけます。 Seki-jū Kanetoki (2nd generation),His real name was Kojima Kanji. He was born on September 2, 1925 (Taisho 14) in Nagazumi, Seki City, Gifu Prefecture. He studied under his father, Kojima Tokijiro (the first-generation Kanetoki, later known as Kanemichi), and also trained at Watanabe Kanenaga’s Japanese Sword Forging School. On February 9, 1957 (Showa 32), he received official authorization from the Agency for Cultural Affairs to forge swords. He later served as a director of the All Japan Swordsmith Association, and was recognized as one of the leading swordsmiths of modern Seki, receiving an Encouragement Award, two Diligence Awards, and 21 exhibition selections. His son is Kojima Kunio (second-generation Kanemichi), and today his grandson carries the name third-generation Kanetoki. This sword was made for iaido practice, and is therefore light in weight and well-balanced in the hand. The blade has an older polish, but its condition is good overall, with only slight scratches/hike marks visible. The mountings are in good condition, and the tsuka wrapping has been newly redone. It can be used for iaido immediately after purchase. 「拵 Koshirae」 ハバキ(habaki) :素銅地一重の庄内鎺。 鍔(tsuba) :鉄地矢車の図。 縁頭(futikasira):鉄地肥後八橋の図金象嵌(江戸時代の物)。 目貫(menuki) :竹に虎の図。 柄(tsuka) :柄巻は牛表革の諸捻り巻(新品)。 鞘(saya) :黒石目。 「刀剣の状態 condition of blade」 研:古研ぎのため、少しヒケが有りますが、錆は有りません。 傷:欠点に成るような傷は有りません。
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Gifu · around 1926-1989
3 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.
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