The Haitōrei edict of 1876 ended sword wearing and nearly ended the craft itself. Military demand and imperial patronage kept a remnant alive, and in 1906 Gassan Sadakazu and Miyamoto Kanenori were named Artists to the Imperial Household.
月山貞一は貞吉の養子で、雲龍子と号しました。明治九年(1976)の廃刀令によって多くの刀工が転業しましたが、貞一は作刀を続け、明治39年(1906)には帝室技芸員(現在の人間国宝)に任命されました。14歳から作刀を初め、大正七年(1918)七月84歳で亡くなるまで、実に70年の永きに渡り作刀しました。初期作は豪刀で反り浅く、刃文は直刃又は大乱れ華やかなものが、晩年は丁子刃を主に軍刀身に応じたものを多く鍛えています。その作風は備前、相州、山城、大和の各伝に通じており、彫物も巧みで、這龍、旗鉾、不動などがあります。 本作は平造、三ツ棟、身幅尋常、6寸弱と小振りな体配です。表に素剣、裏に護摩箸の彫物があります。地鉄は小板目流れ、地沸つき、地景混じり、映りけあり、刃文は沸勝ちに直ぐ調に小互の目、小のたれを交え、上半に行くと、焼き高くなって、帽子返り深く、皆焼風となり、砂流よく入り、激しい出来栄えとなっています。白鞘は無く、拵入ですが、桐の蒔絵の鞘に目貫も五三桐紋となった外装で、特別な高貴な方の注文品ではなかったかと思われます。
Certificate reading — 銘 帝室技芸員月山貞一作 明治四十一年冬
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Yamato · around 1907-1995
Tōken Taikan top 49%
6 pieces on the market now
Meiji: survival after the edict
The Haitōrei edict of 1876 ended sword wearing and nearly ended the craft itself. Military demand and imperial patronage kept a remnant alive, and in 1906 Gassan Sadakazu and Miyamoto Kanenori were named Artists to the Imperial Household.
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The NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords) is a public-interest incorporated foundation founded in 1948 and supervised by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkachō); it is based at the Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo. Its expert panels physically examine each submitted work (shinsa) and issue a certificate (kanteishō) ranking it by artistic and historical merit. NBTHK papers are the most widely recognized standard of authentication for Japanese swords and fittings.
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