NihontoWatchAkamatsu Taro Kanemitsu, the tosho (real name: Kimura Mitsuhiro), resides in Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture. Born in Showa 54 (1979). In Heisei 10, he entered apprenticeship under his father, the tosho Kanetsugu, completed the Art Sword Tosho Technology Preservation Training Session in Heisei 14, and received his sword-making license in Heisei 15. He is skilled in crafting both shinken for appreciation and shinken for budo, and starting with his first entry and first award at the "New Sword Exhibition" in Heisei 16, he has received various awards almost every year. The Kimura family is also of a lineage that draws from the swordsmiths in the service of the Sagara family of the Hitoyoshi Domain. In addition to his father, the tosho Kanetsugu, the tosho Kanehiro and the tosho Kaneteru are his uncles, and the tosho Kaneyuki is his younger brother. Our company places orders with the tosho Kanemitsu for the production of shinken for appreciation, such that sword artisans (sayashi, habakishi (shiroganeshi), tsukamaki-shi, etc.) can submit them with confidence to events such as the Contemporary Sword Artisans Exhibition (sponsored by The Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai) or the Sword Artisans' Skill Exhibition (sponsored by the NBSK).
NihontoWatchAkamatsu Taro Kanemitsu赤松太郎兼光
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Higo (Yatsushiro) · Heisei-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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¥2,200,000