NihontoWatchSwordsmith Fujiyasu Masahira was born in Date-gun, Fukushima Prefecture in Showa 21. In Showa 41, he became a disciple of the late Living National Treasure, master Miyairi Yukihira, a swordsmith in Sakaki-machi, Nagano Prefecture. In Showa 50, he opened a forge in Tatsukoyama, Fukushima Prefecture and became independent. Since then, through repeated research and discipline in sword making, he has received the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai Excellence Award 3 times, the Encouragement Award 6 times, and the Effort Award 7 times. In Heisei 2, he received the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai Chairman's Award. In Heisei 14, he received the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai Kanzan Award. He has performed dedicatory forging at many shrines such as Owari Atsuta Jingu and Nara Gokoku Jinja, and in Heisei 20, he performed a Japanese sword dedicatory forging at Hitachi Kashima Jingu for the first time in approximately 1,300 years since the sword making of Sabi no Omaro in 704. In the autumn of Showa 59, he also undertook the major role of serving in the respectful production of the Goshinho tachi for the 61st Shikinen Sengu of Ise Jingu, and has also put great effort into supporting the reconstruction of Okoto Jinja in Minamisoma, Fukushima Prefecture, which suffered great damage in the recent earthquake, serving in the respectful production of a chokuto to become a Goshinho; most recently, through works such as the restoration forging of the large chokuto excavated from the Miyajidake Kofun in Fukuoka, he possesses some of the most prominent sword making techniques among contemporary Japanese swordsmiths. Holding a strong desire for the reproduction of old swords from the Heian and Kamakura periods, he has engaged in research and discipline for many years, and with abundant knowledge and insight into National Treasures, Important Cultural Properties, and similar swords, as well as iron sand and iron culture nationwide, he creates accurate and beautiful sugata regardless of whether he handles tachi, katana, tanto, wakizashi, naginata, or ancient chokuto. The skill of the jigane and yakiba is also vivid, boasting a wide range of production abilities, and the nakago finishing such as the nakago yasurime and meibun is also among the best of contemporary swordsmiths; from the history of taking in Miyairi Kozaemon Yukihira (Miyairi Kei), the biological son of his master, after the death of his master Yukihira and having him undergo forging training as a disciple, his master's trust was deep, which speaks to the high level of his skill. In recent years, he has also worked on the research of Nara period swords such as the chokuto and teboko housed in the Nara Shosoin, and the restoration production of Yagen Toshiro, Ichigo Hitofuri, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, and others. A work with masame kitae hada, covered in jinie with frequent chikei, the nioiguchi is bright and clear, and sunagashira glitters prominently as if clouds are drifting. It is a superb masterpiece that is also perfect as an omamorigatana for one's family or children. While Masahira's works are expensive if they are swords, you can enjoy them easily if it is a kogatana. The forging method is exactly the same just because the size is small. You can fully enjoy the workmanship of the jiba. Please take this opportunity to obtain a Masahira.
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Fukushima · Showa-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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