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.
脇差 関住正直作 昭和六十年八月日Wakizashi [Sekiju_Masanao] (Nakata_Masanao) 刃長 Blade length44.6cm(一尺四寸七分)反り Sori1.6cm元幅 Width at the hamachi4.18cm元重 Kasane8.2mm先幅 Wide at the Kissaki3.79cm目釘穴 Mekugi1時代 Jidai昭和六十年(1985年)Showaperiod(A.D.1985)産地 Country岐阜県 Gifu
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Gifu · 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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