NihontoWatch心改刀匠は、秀次‐忠孝‐心改と、江戸末期から続く肥前刀工の末流の一人で、寡作ながら斬れ味鋭く人気のある技術者。この刀は、遠祖江戸時代初期の肥前國忠吉を手本としたものであろう、張りのある造り込みを、居合抜刀に適した重量(鐔柄共九五〇グラム)に仕立てている。
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As written by the shop
Hizen · 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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