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.
特徴:濃州関住兼時作は本名を小島寛二。大正14年生 初銘を兼道と名乗り、のちに兼時と改銘した。渡辺兼永の門下となり日本刀鍛錬塾で学ぶ。昭和32年2月9日に文化庁より作刀認可。全日本刀匠会理事を務め、奨励賞、努力賞2回、入選21回受賞するなど、関を代表する現代刀匠である
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Gifu · 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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