NihontoWatchSwordsmith Akamatsu Taro Kanehiro is a smith of the Akamatsu school, a prestigious lineage representing Kumamoto Prefecture; starting with this smith, swordsmiths such as Kanetsugu, Kaneteru, Mitsuhiro, and Kaneyuki collect their own iron sand and create their own tamahagane through private steel manufacturing, and having had their abilities recognized at new sword exhibitions, they have received numerous awards. He is very active in Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture. Known for having a sharp cutting edge, he boasts immense popularity among batto enthusiasts and others. This is a Kiyomaro-utsushi, which Kanehiro specializes in, and the workmanship is excellent.
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Higo (Yatsushiro) · Heisei-Reiwa
7 pieces on the market now
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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¥880,000