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, Hisyu Yatsushiro ju Kanetsugu koretsukuru / Tameshikiri swordHe is a sword-smith of Akamatsu Taro.This sword was made for art. But The fabrication technique is the same as Tameshikiri swords. And we new made Uchikatana Koshirae.Also, this sword has good balance so that’s recommended to Tameshikiri.
Akamatsu Taro Kanetsugu赤松太郎兼嗣
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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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