NihontoWatchHis real name was Kojima Kanji, born in Taisho 14, and as a student of his father Seki ju Kanemichi (Kojima Tokijiro), he first used the mei (Kanemichi), later succeeding to the name Kanetoki the second generation. He was a former Army appointed swordsmith and a master smith who won numerous awards. . Condition of the toshin: With a moderate mihaba and a slightly thin kasane, the sugata appears to have been crafted for iai; the jitetsu shows some uchikomi and sumigomori but is forged in a well-tightened muji style, and the hamon is a nioi-deki gunome mixed with choji; it has a good hinari and is a sword that can be used for iai. Koshirae: The kanagu use an antique kashira made of horn on a thinly made tsuka, with a modern sukashi tsuba, and it is a koshirae with a refined, classical atmosphere housed in a kuro-ro saya.
NihontoWatchOffered by Ikeda Art
3 on the market
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Gifu · around 1926-1989
3 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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