NihontoWatchThis is a gendaito tanto made by Yasukuni swordsmith Yasukane. It features a well-forged jigane and a gorgeous gunome hamon. The blade is a copy of a Nanbokucho period tanto, with a classical uchizori (inward curvature) shape.
NihontoWatchOffered by Giheiya
Tokyo · around 1926-1989
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1 piece 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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