NihontoWatchSwordsmith Fujiyasu Shohei was born in Date District, Fukushima Prefecture in Showa 21. In Showa 41, he became a disciple of the late Living National Treasure, master Miyairi Yukihira, a swordsmith of Sakaki Town, Nagano Prefecture. In Showa 50, he opened a forge in Tatsuzoyama, Fukushima Prefecture and became independent. Since then, through repeated research and discipline in sword making, he has received the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai Yusho Award 3 times, the Shoreisho Award 6 times, and the Doryokusho Award 7 times. In Heisei 2, he received the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai Kaicho Award. In Heisei 14, he received the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai Kanzan Award. He has performed dedication forging at many shrines such as Owari Atsuta Jingu and Nara Gokoku Jinja, and in Heisei 20, he performed a Japanese sword dedication forging at Hitachi Kashima Jingu for the first time in approximately one thousand three hundred years since the sword making of Sabi no Omaro in 704. In the autumn of Showa 59, he also undertook the great responsibility of serving in the respectful production of the Goshinho Tachi for the 61st Shikinen Sengu of Ise Jingu, and he also devoted great effort to the reconstruction support of Mikatana 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, and most recently (naochika), through the restoration forging of the large chokuto excavated from the Miyajidake Kofun in Fukuoka and other works, he possesses sword making techniques that are among the best of contemporary Japanese swordsmiths. Holding a strong desire for the reproduction of koto from the Heian and Kamakura periods, he has engaged in research and discipline for many years, and with abundant knowledge and insight regarding National Treasures, Important Cultural Properties, and similar swords, as well as iron sand and iron culture from across the country, he creates accurate and beautiful sugata regardless of whether he handles tachi, katana, tanto, wakizashi, naginata, or ancient chokuto. The skill of his jitetsu and yakiba is vivid and he boasts a wide range of production abilities, and his nakago-shitate such as nakago-yasurime and meibun are also the best among contemporary swordsmiths; the fact that after the death of his master Yukihira, he took charge of the master's biological son Miyairi Kozaemon Yukihira (Miyairi Kei) and had him undergo sword forging training as a disciple speaks to the deep trust of his master and the high level of his skill. In recent years, he has also worked on the research of swords from the Nara period such as the chokuto and teboko housed in the Nara Shosoin, and the restoration production of Yagen Toshiro, Ichigo Hitofuri, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, and others. Ko-itame hada with masame-nagare, jitetsu well-packed with chikei, the nioiguchi is bright and clear, with ashi, sunagashi, and the boshi is hakikake; it is a superb masterpiece perfectly suited as an omamorigatana for a family or a child. A verse of waka poetry, "Satsuki matsu hototogisu," is cut into the toshin with the skillful tagane work unique to master Shohei. While Shohei'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 Shohei.
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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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