It has arrived, it has arrived. The Ningen Kokuho (Living National Treasure) swordsmith Amada Akitsugu won the Masamune-sho, the highest possible award, three times. This is a masterpiece and a replica of Yamashiro-den Rai Kunitoshi, identical to the sword that won the very first Masamune-sho in Showa 52 (1977), produced as one of two swords made at that same time. Because the Amada Akitsugu Memorial Museum currently exists in Niigata Prefecture, the museum collects as many of Amada Akitsugu Sensei's swords as possible. Consequently, his works rarely appear on the open market, making this a very rare and precious masterpiece by the Ningen Kokuho Amada Akitsugu. Amada Akitsugu was a master smith who was reticent, sincere, and dedicated to research with a strong artisan spirit; his intense obsession with iron and his powerful stance in challenging the reproduction of ancient masterpieces gave people a wonderful and profound impression. His real name was Amada Seiichi, born on August 4, Showa 2. In Showa 15, he entered the Nihonto Tanren Denshusho located at the former residence of Katsu Kaishu under master Kurihara Hikosaburo. In Showa 30, he submitted to the 1st Sakuto Gijutsu Hyokai and won the Yushu-sho (Award of Excellence). Thereafter, he won the highest Masamune-sho three times, along with numerous other special prizes. In Showa 53, he was designated a Niigata Prefecture Jyuyo Mukei Bunkazai (Important Intangible Cultural Property), and in Heisei 7, he was designated a Ningen Kokuho. This sword is famous as a masterpiece, one of the two swords made simultaneously when Amada Akitsugu Sensei won his first Masamune-sho. It is a replica of a masterpiece by Yamashiro Rai Kunitoshi from the Kamakura period. The sugata features an ikubi-kissaki, showing a Kamakura mid-period tachi style where there is little difference between the moto and saki. The jigane is a finely packed ko-itame hada with healthy haniku, and the horimono consists of skillfully carved bo-hi. The hamon is in nioi-deki with ko-nie, a suguha style based on Yamashiro-den Rai Kunitoshi, tempered evenly from moto to saki; it is a kaishin-saku (masterpiece of personal satisfaction) by Amada Akitsugu Sensei. Because the "Token Denshokan Amada Akitsugu Memorial Museum" was built in Niigata Prefecture, Amada Akitsugu's works are not sold externally and almost never appear on the market today. Please truly enjoy this masterpiece replica of Yamashiro Rai Kunitoshi, made at the same time as the Masamune-sho winning sword by the precious Ningen Kokuho Amada Akitsugu Sensei.

It has arrived, it has arrived. The Ningen Kokuho (Living National Treasure) swordsmith Amada Akitsugu won the Masamune-sho, the highest possible award, three times. This is a masterpiece and a replica of Yamashiro-den Rai Kunitoshi, identical to the sword that won the very first Masamune-sho in Showa 52 (1977), produced as one of two swords made at that same time. Because the Amada Akitsugu Memorial Museum currently exists in Niigata Prefecture, the museum collects as many of Amada Akitsugu Sensei's swords as possible. Consequently, his works rarely appear on the open market, making this a very rare and precious masterpiece by the Ningen Kokuho Amada Akitsugu. Amada Akitsugu was a master smith who was reticent, sincere, and dedicated to research with a strong artisan spirit; his intense obsession with iron and his powerful stance in challenging the reproduction of ancient masterpieces gave people a wonderful and profound impression. His real name was Amada Seiichi, born on August 4, Showa 2. In Showa 15, he entered the Nihonto Tanren Denshusho located at the former residence of Katsu Kaishu under master Kurihara Hikosaburo. In Showa 30, he submitted to the 1st Sakuto Gijutsu Hyokai and won the Yushu-sho (Award of Excellence). Thereafter, he won the highest Masamune-sho three times, along with numerous other special prizes. In Showa 53, he was designated a Niigata Prefecture Jyuyo Mukei Bunkazai (Important Intangible Cultural Property), and in Heisei 7, he was designated a Ningen Kokuho. This sword is famous as a masterpiece, one of the two swords made simultaneously when Amada Akitsugu Sensei won his first Masamune-sho. It is a replica of a masterpiece by Yamashiro Rai Kunitoshi from the Kamakura period. The sugata features an ikubi-kissaki, showing a Kamakura mid-period tachi style where there is little difference between the moto and saki. The jigane is a finely packed ko-itame hada with healthy haniku, and the horimono consists of skillfully carved bo-hi. The hamon is in nioi-deki with ko-nie, a suguha style based on Yamashiro-den Rai Kunitoshi, tempered evenly from moto to saki; it is a kaishin-saku (masterpiece of personal satisfaction) by Amada Akitsugu Sensei. Because the "Token Denshokan Amada Akitsugu Memorial Museum" was built in Niigata Prefecture, Amada Akitsugu's works are not sold externally and almost never appear on the market today. Please truly enjoy this masterpiece replica of Yamashiro Rai Kunitoshi, made at the same time as the Masamune-sho winning sword by the precious Ningen Kokuho Amada Akitsugu Sensei.