NihontoWatch重要無形文化財保持者（人間国宝）高橋 貞次刀匠、注文打の作品。 高橋貞次は愛媛県出身の刀匠で、大正年間より古刀の作風を研究し、五ヶ伝に精通した。1938年第一回刀剣展にて内閣総理大臣賞を受賞、戦後は皇室関連の作刀を多数行い、伊勢神宮式年遷宮の御宝御神刀を鍛え、1955年、これらの活動と成果が評価され、人間国宝に認定された。刀匠としては初の人間国宝である。 受賞後の1959年、今上天皇成婚に際して美智子皇太子妃（当時）の守り刀を鍛える。その後1965年の礼宮文仁親王に至るまで、美智子皇太子妃所生の皇男子の守り刀を鍛え続けた。 本作はその皇孫殿下御守刀制作に使用した玉鋼を用いて制作された作品で、身幅尋常で内反りの落ち着いた体配に地鉄、綺麗に積んで抜群に澄みいり、刃文小沸出来の細直刃を焼き、帽子小丸に綺麗に返るなど全体を通して流石に作域が高い。
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Ehime · 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.
Certifies a genuine blade worth preserving: a signature confirmed correct, or, if unsigned, an era, province, and school that the NBTHK can reliably identify.
The NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords) is a public-interest incorporated foundation founded in 1948 and supervised by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkachō); it is based at the Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo. Its expert panels physically examine each submitted work (shinsa) and issue a certificate (kanteishō) ranking it by artistic and historical merit. NBTHK papers are the most widely recognized standard of authentication for Japanese swords and fittings.
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