NihontoWatch兼裕刀匠は肥後熊本八代の刀匠兼重の子として昭和三十六年に生まれる。幼い頃から刀を鍛える父の背中を見て育ち、自らもその跡を継ぐものとして意識し、高校に入学してすぐに父の鍛冶場に入って修業を開始、二十歳で作刀承認を受け、刀匠として自立している。身幅の広い豪壮な造り込みを特徴としており、特に源清麿に憧れて作刀に励んでいる。
NihontoWatchAkamatsu Taro Kanehiro赤松太郎兼裕
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Higo (Yatsushiro) · Heisei-Reiwa
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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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