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.
表 銘:伯耆国住延秀 裏 銘:平成壬午年八月日 時 代 Era:2002年8月 August 2002 刃 長Blade length:79.3cm 元 幅sword width(root):34.9mm 元 重Thickness(root):7.5mm 反 りcurve:1.8cm 先 幅sword width:26.6mm 先 重Thickness:5.6mm 目釘穴number of pins:1個 重量weight(Blade part only):1126g 重量weight(Blade and outside parts):1437g 登 録 Registration certificate issuing agency: 鳥取県教育委員会 Prefectural Board of Education TOTTORI
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Hoki · around 1989-2019
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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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