NihontoWatchMinamoto Moriyoshi, whose real name was Tanigawa Matsukichi, is the most famous swordsmith of the modern era who was said to be a master of Kiyomaro-utsushi. (Mukansa tosho, Prefectural Designated Intangible Cultural Property Holder) Born in Taisho 9 (1920). He was a swordsmith from Yatsushiro City in Kumamoto and signed his mei as Minamoto Moriyoshi, Hishu Yatsushiro Minamoto Moriyoshi, and so on. He exhibited continuously from the 1st Sakuto Gijutsu Hyoppokai, raised his reputation with Minamoto Kiyomaro-utsushi, and became a Mukansa tosho in Showa 60 (1985). He left behind masterpieces of powerful Soshu-den and numerous famous works, and unfortunately passed away at the age of seventy in Heisei 2 (1990).
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Kumamoto · around 1926-1989
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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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