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.
藤安将平刀匠は昭和四十一年に宮入行平師(人間国宝)に入門して技術研鑽、昭和五十年に福島市立子山に独立して鍛冶場を構えた。一貫して相州上工の作を念頭に作刀し、平成二年に相州伝の平造脇差で日本美術刀剣保存協会会長賞、平成十四年には古調な姿の太刀で寒山賞を受賞している。
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Fukushima · Showa-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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