NihontoWatch小宮四郎國治刀匠は昭和四年の生まれ。戦時中に優れた切れ味の刀を製作したことから今虎徹と謳われた國光の子。小宮一門は三池光世の流れを汲み、藩政時代には筑後立花家に仕えた名門。その技術を直接受け継いで人気高く、子や門人に家伝の作風を伝えている。
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As written by the shop
Chikugo · around 1989-2019
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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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