The craft survived the Meiji ban and the occupation’s near-extinction, and rebuilt itself deliberately: licensed forging from 1953, traditional methods required by law, Living National Treasures, and the mukansa rank above judgment.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchA tanto forged with great care for Yamakoshi Tomisaburo by the modern master Kasama Shigetsugu, who was skilled in the Bizen-den and toshin-bori, using the surplus steel from a sword dedicated to Meiji Jingu. In Meiji 34, the year following the Boxer Rebellion, Yamakoshi stayed in China as a member of the Qing Dynasty Garrison, and later served as an investigator for the management and industrial development of the South Manchuria Railway. He was a sword lover who formed a connection with the Ii family through his hobby of yokyoku, and when he suffered from the Great Kanto Earthquake, he created the "Token Oshigata" for the Ii family's swords.
NihontoWatchOffered by Choshuya
4 on the market
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Tokyo · around 1912-1926
Tōken Taikan top 63%
4 pieces on the market now
The modern era (1868 to today)
The craft survived the Meiji ban and the occupation’s near-extinction, and rebuilt itself deliberately: licensed forging from 1953, traditional methods required by law, Living National Treasures, and the mukansa rank above judgment.
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¥850,000