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.
秀宗刀匠の本名は松原龍平(出身長野)、昭和5年生、岐阜県関市関口住。 松原兼吉刀匠の子で十三代川島正秀刀匠と中田兼秀刀匠の門人。 新作名刀展での受賞多数。「関住秀宗」「松原龍平秀宗」等と切る。
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As written by the shop
Gifu · around 1926-1989
6 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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