NihontoWatchKasama Shigetsugu was born in Meiji 18 (1886) in Shizuoka Prefecture. He studied carving under Miyaguchi Ikkansai Shigehisa and mastered an original style, and he is highly popular for his excellent sword-making techniques and horimono. During the war, he guided many swordsmiths as an instructor at the Nihonto Tanren Denshusho. He forged swords for distinguished persons such as military officers and politicians at the forge established within the residence of Toyama Mitsuru in Tokiwamatsu, Shibuya.
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Tokyo · around 1912-1926
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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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