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.
時代 : 昭和59年(1984) 国 : 奈良県 証書 財団法人日本美術刀剣保存協会 特別保存刀剣 鑑定書 外装 : 白鞘入 刃長 : 25.7cm(8寸4分弱) 反り : 0.0cm 目釘穴 : 1個 元幅・元重 : 27.6mm・5.4mm Period : Showa 59(1984) Country : Nara pref. Fittings : Shirasaya Length : 25.7cm(10.12inches) Curve : 0.0cm Hole : 1 Bottom Width,Thickness : 27.6mm・5.4mm 源貞弘は本名を喜多弘といい、大正11年(1922)に奈良県で生まれました。昭和14年(1936)月山貞勝に入門し、2代目月山貞一(人間国宝)とは兄弟弟子にあたります。昭和38年(1963)文化庁より作刀承認を受け、その後数々の賞を受賞し、昭和46年(1971)に奈良県無形文化財保持者に認定されました。 本作は『国宝 桑山保昌』を写した作品です。平造、三ツ棟、表に素剣、裏に菖蒲樋と薙刀樋があります。身幅尋常、重ね頃合い。地鉄は腰元刃先に向かって掃きかけ、鍛えは総柾目肌、地沸良く付き、腰元地景しきりに入り、刃文は腰元鍛えに沿って刃先に向かって掃きかけ、中程からは、直刃で、砂流し、金筋良く入り、匂口広く、帽子は焼き詰となっています。表裏の彫は本科の如く、非常に深い彫となっており、地刃の出来も素晴らしく、古作を感じ取れる優品です。保昌がお好きな方にお薦めの一振りです。
Sadahiro貞弘
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Nara · 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.
A Hozon-certified blade judged to show notably superior workmanship and a better state of preservation. The bar is higher: re-tempered blades and most unsigned Muromachi/Edo works are excluded.
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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