NihontoWatchThis is a tachi made by Izumo no Kuni ju Sadanori in June of Showa 52 (1977). The blade has never been polished and has been carefully preserved. The nagasa is 74.5cm with a sori of 2.2cm, and the blade shows a bright choji hamon.
NihontoWatchOffered by Toushin
Izumo · around 1989-2019
4 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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