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.
本造り庵棟 うぶ茎 小板目肌、杢交じりよく詰む。地沸つき、細かな地景顕われ、淡く白気映り立つ。刃紋は中直刃、浅く湾れて小乱れ交じる。匂い口ややフックラと小沸よくつく。刃縁ほつれ、二重刃、喰い違い刃かかり、僅かに小足、葉働く。金筋、砂流しかかり明るく冴える。本名は福本秀吉。関の軍刀鍛冶。株式会社関日本刀鍛錬所所属。陸軍軍刀拵付き。
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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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