NihontoWatchNagasa 72.8 cm Sori 1.6 cm Motohaba 31.0 mm Motokasane 7.1 mm Monouchi haba 24.3 mm Monouchi kasane 5.7 mm Yokote ichi haba 21.4 mm Matsubasaki kasane 5.2 mm Hadaka mi weight 782 grams. *As the hadaka mi weight was measured in the uchi-oroshi state, it will become somewhat lighter after polishing is completed. Heisei 29 (2017) The last years of Heisei Reiwa 1 November 19 Fukushima Prefecture registration Fuzoku None The swordsmith Fujiyasu Masahira was born in Date-gun, Fukushima Prefecture in Showa 21. In Showa 41, he entered apprenticeship under the late Ningen Kokuho, Miyairi Yukihira, a swordsmith of Sakaki-machi, Nagano Prefecture. In Showa 50, he opened a tan-dojo in Tatsuko-yama, Fukushima Prefecture and became independent. Since then, through repeated research and discipline in sakuto, he has received the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai Yusushu-sho 3 times, Shorei-sho 6 times, and Doryoku-sho 7 times. In Heisei 2, he received the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai Kaicho-sho. In Heisei 14, he received the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai Kanzan-sho. He has performed hono-tanren at many shrines such as Owari Atsuta Jingu and Nara Gokoku Jinja, and in Heisei 20, he performed a Nihonto hono-tanren at Hitachi Kashima Jingu for the first time in approximately 1,300 years since the sword making of Sabi no Omaro in 704. In the autumn of Showa 59, he also undertook the major role of kin-saku hoshi for the Goshinho tachi of the 61st Shikinen Sengu of Ise Jingu, and he also exerted great effort in supporting the reconstruction of Okoto Jinja in Minamisoma, Fukushima, which suffered great damage in the recent earthquake, performing kin-saku hoshi for a chokuto to serve as a Goshinho; most recently, with the fukugen tanren of the large chokuto excavated from the Miyajidake Kofun in Fukuoka, he possesses sakuto techniques that are among the best of contemporary Japanese swordsmiths. Holding a strong desire for the reproduction of koto-ken of the Heian and Kamakura periods, he has engaged in research and discipline for many years, and possesses abundant knowledge and insight into National Treasures, Important Cultural Properties, and similar swords, as well as iron sand and iron culture from across the country; whether he handles tachi, katana, tanto, wakizashi, naginata, or ancient chokuto, he creates accurate and beautiful sugata. The skill of his jigane and yakiba is also vivid, boasting a wide range of production abilities, and his nakago-shitate such as nakago-yasuri and meibun are also the best among contemporary swordsmiths; the fact that after the death of his teacher Yukihira, he took charge of the teacher's biological son, Miyairi Kozaemon Yukihira (Miyairi Kei), and had him undergo tan-do shugyo as a disciple, speaks to the deep trust of his teacher and the high level of his skill. In recent years, he has also worked on the research and fukugen production of swords from the Nara period, such as the chokuto and teboko housed in the Nara Shosoin, and it is no exaggeration to say that the yakiba of the aforementioned Okoto Jinja hono chokuto entered the realm of the divine. As the beloved sword of this shop's owner, Machii Isao, the master smith Fujiyasu Masahira is renowned for high artistic quality, toughness, and tremendous sharpness. This sword is a top-grade bijutsu kansho-to of practical beauty, forged by the hands of swordsmith Masahira through every process from the shita-kitae to the yaki-ire. Because various work requires time, this is an announcement in the uchi-oroshi state. The toshin has a bright and clear suguha fired into it. Utsuri can also be expected. The balance in the hand is also supreme. Please take this opportunity to obtain a top-grade bijutsu kansho-to by Masahira.
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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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