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.
瀬戸吉広刀匠は昭和二十年福岡県の生まれ。人間国宝に指定された隅谷正峯刀匠に師事して業を積み、寒山賞、日本美術刀剣保存協会会長賞、文化庁長官賞などの特賞を連続受賞、平成八年に無鑑査刀匠に認定されている。南北朝時代、鎌倉時代へと時代を遡るように古作に挑んで開花させ、現在は鎌倉時代の一文字派の重花丁子の再現を研究している。本作は古作青江に吉広刀匠の個性を加味した、華やかな出来となっている。
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Chikuzen · around 1989-2019
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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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