NihontoWatchA work by the swordsmith Isobe Ikkansai Mitsuhiro, who resided in Shizuoka Prefecture and left behind pieces that approach the true essence of Ieyasu's beloved sword "Sohaya no Tsurugi" held in the collection of Kunozan Toshogu, which he viewed multiple times. Mitsuhiro was a pupil of Ikkansai Tsunetoshi, of the lineage of Miyaguchi Ikkansai Shigetsugu who studied under Hamabe Toshinori and Ozaki Suketaka during the late Edo period. He is also widely known for his production of the Sohaya no Tsurugi, which is attributed to the work of Miike Denta.
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Shizuoka · 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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