NihontoWatchHira-zukuri, iori-mune. Ubu-nakago. Itame-hada mixed with moku, zanguri and hada-tachi, well-kneaded and tsumu. Ji-nie attaches finely, and chikei enters. Hamon is notare with gunome, mixed with togari-gokoro blades. Nioikuchi is shimari-gokoro with fine ko-nie attaching well. Yubashiri occurs, and ashi and yo work. Kinsuji and sunagashi occur frequently, and the nioikuchi is bright and saeru. Real name is Tanigawa Matsukichi. Pupil of Kongo-byoe Moritaka and Enju Nobushige. Mukansa. Attached with dark brown chirashi-nuri-saya kodatana-koshirae.
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Kumamoto · 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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