NihontoWatchSwordsmith Hidemune, whose real name was Matsubara Ryuhei, was born in Showa 5 in Nagano Prefecture. The son of swordsmith Matsubara Kaneyoshi, he became a student of the 13th generation Kawashima Masahide and Nakata Kanehide to learn the craft of sword making. Residing in Sekiguchi-cho, Seki City, Gifu Prefecture, he established himself as a master smith by achieving consecutive acceptances in the Tachi, Katana, Wakizashi, Naginata, and Yari categories at the All Japan Swordsmith Association New Masterpiece Sword Exhibition. His mei include Noshu Hidemune saku and Matsubara Ryuhei Hidemune.
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Gifu · 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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