NihontoWatchThe swordsmith Yakuwa Yasutake entered the Nihonto Tanrenjo in Showa 10, where he studied under the swordsmith Ikeda Yasumitsu to hone his forging techniques. After the war, he expanded his range of workmanship by learning the secrets of yakiire under Master Tsukamoto Kisho, who had been appointed to forge the tachi for the Ise Jingu Sengu; he continued to swing his hammer while deepening his research with a longing for celebrated ancient swords in his heart, and in Showa 56, he achieved the feat of winning the Masamune Sho for a massive o-dachi of over four shaku, which was a copy of the Bizen Osafune Tomomitsu at Nikko Futarasan Jinja.
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Tokyo · around 1926-1989
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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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