NihontoWatchThis katana is a work by Kanekuni (Ogawa Kunihiko), a Gendaito smith from Mino province, made in 1991. It features a vibrant toran-ba hamon, faithfully reproducing the style of Echizen no Kami Sukehiro. The blade comes in a shirasaya.
NihontoWatchOffered by Samurai Nippon
Gifu · around 1926-1989
2 pieces 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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¥598,000