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.
Modern sword Higonokuni ju Akamatsu Taro Mitsuhiro saku.肥後熊本の名工、赤松太郎兼光によって作られた三尺三寸一分(約100.3cm)の豪壮な太刀です。長大な刀身には華やかで優美な重花丁子刃が焼かれており、非常に優れた一振りです。柄は鮫革を巻き替え、高品質な金具類を使用してリメイクされ、さらに焦げ茶色のスエード革で新たに巻き替えられています。このような長大な太刀は非常に珍しく、極めて貴重です。This is a magnificent tachi measuring 3 shaku 3 sun 1 bu (approximately 100.3 cm), crafted by the renowned swordsmith Akamatsu Taro Kanemitsu from Higo Kumamoto.The long blade features a vibrant and elegant choji-midare hamon (clove-patterned temper line), making it an exceptional piece. The tsuka (handle) has been remade with rewrapped ray skin and high-quality fittings, and it has been newly wrapped in dark brown suede leather.Such a long tachi is rare and exceptionally valuable.★我公司可以合法地将日本刀运送到中国。【登録 Reggistration Code】令和元年7月17日 熊本県第57058号【種別 Category】太刀 Tachi【長さ Blade length】100.2cm【反り Curvature】3.7cm【目釘穴 a rivet of a sword hilt】1個 One【銘文 Signature and Date】(表)肥後國住赤松太郎兼光作(裏)令和元年七月吉日【元幅 Width at the bottom part of blade】35.6mm【先幅 Width at the top]24.6mm【元重 Thickness at the bottom part of blade】8.8mm【先重 Thickness at the top】6.4mm【重量 Weight】刀身1515gBlade Just 1515g.【時代 Period】令和 / Reiwa period.
Akamatsu Taro Kanemitsu赤松太郎兼光
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Higo (Yatsushiro) · Heisei-Reiwa
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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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