NihontoWatchShibata Ka was born in Meiji 17 in Nishimonai, Ugo-machi, Ogachi-gun, Akita Prefecture. A sword lover who owned the famous Meibutsu Sayo Samonji tanto (National Treasure), Shibata learned sword forging techniques under Sato Shigenori and Miyaguchi Ikkansai Toshihiro. He researched ancient forging methods and forged swords using Chikushu Sa, Yamato Hosho, Yamashiro Rai, Etchu Norishige, and Bizen Yosozaemon Sukesada as models. This tanto is a work by Shibata Ka with an ubu nakago mumei. The polisher Takeda Moritaro, a student of Master Fujishiro Yoshio, performed the polishing, and Dr. Sato Kanzan has written a sayagaki stating it is a "Kesshutsu no Saku" (outstanding work).
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Dewa · 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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