NihontoWatch隅谷正峯刀匠が最終目標としたのは鎌倉時代中期の備前刀。大学では冶金学を修め、和鋼や古作の組成の分析から始まり、本質の追求は更に時代の上がる古墳時代の直刀を視野に捉えた研究によって為された。伊勢神宮式年遷宮における宝剣製作など、その技術を背景とした作刀は日本刀における昭和史に強く刻み込まれ、旺盛な製作意識は平成の多くの刀工へと受け継がれている。
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As written by the shop
Ishikawa · around 1921-1998
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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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