NihontoWatchReal name, Matsukawa Takashi. Born in Nagano Prefecture in Showa 30. In Showa 47, he apprenticed under Miyairi Kiyomune, the younger brother of Miyairi Shohei (Living National Treasure), and has since won numerous Doryoku-sho and Yushu-sho awards. He is known as a tosho possessing exceptional talent and high skill even among the Miyairi school. This kogatan is not a piece made to be accompanied by a koshirae for sword mounting, but a work forged as a tanto of a size not requiring registration. The total length of the toshin including the nakago is 23.9 centimeters. The jitetsu is a well-refined and tight ko-itame, with ji-nie and chikei, appearing exquisite. The hamon has a bright and deep nioiguchi, a notare-ba based on ko-nie with a light and soft feel, and the boshi is sugu-yakizume or becomes Ichimonji style. For those who are about to start the sword collecting hobby, or those worried about whether they can perform maintenance properly, how about first casually enjoying the sword hobby starting with a daikogatan?
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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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¥132,000