NihontoWatch堀井俊秀は本名を堀井兼吉、初銘は兼明、明治37年(1904)に堀井胤吉子、堀井雄胤明の門人となり、明治44年(1911)胤明の養子,女婿となりました。後、堀井一門の三代目となり大正2年(1913)刀剣保存会より水心子正秀の秀の字をとった「秀明」の名を贈られ改名しました。大正7年(1918)日本製鋼室蘭工業所の招聘により入社し北海道室蘭へ渡りました。昭和8年(1933)皇太子殿下誕生で「明仁親王」と命名されたことから「明」の字を用いることは憚り多いことと考え「俊秀」と改めました。堀井俊秀は大正・昭和前期を代表する刀工で秩父宮、高松宮、東久邇宮の軍刀をはじめ、御賜の軍刀や短剣などを鍛えました。 本作は鎬造、庵棟、中切先、反り浅くつく体配で、地鉄は小板目詰んで、無地風となり、刃文は匂勝ちに互の目を主体として、片落互の目、小のたれを交え、互の目の谷に僅かに小沸つく出来です。当時の軍刀拵及び左官刀緒が付帯しており貴重なものです。
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Hokkaido · around 1926-1989
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Shōwa to the present: destruction and revival
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