NihontoWatch清平刀匠は本名を栄三、大正十三年の生まれ。昭和十六年より行平師の下で作刀を学び、独立したのは戦後の二十三年、未だ作刀許可が降りないこの時代には伏龍の如く精進を重ね、作刀承認を得たのは三十四年。作刀技術発表会（後に新作名刀展）に出品して入選、以降は多数の特賞や奨励賞などを受賞している。
NihontoWatchKiyohira清平
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As written by the shop
Nagano · around 1926-1989
Tōken Taikan top 60%
5 pieces on the market now
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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