NihontoWatchSwordsmith Fujiyasu Shohei was born in Date-gun, Fukushima-ken in Showa 21. In Showa 41, he entered apprenticeship under the late Living National Treasure, master Miyairi Yukihira, a swordsmith of Sakaki-machi, Nagano-ken. In Showa 50, he opened a forge in Tatsukoyama, Fukushima-ken and became independent. Since then, he has accumulated research and discipline in sword making, receiving the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai Excellence Award 3 times, the Encouragement Award 6 times, and the Effort Award 7 times. In Heisei 2, he received the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai Chairman's Award. In the same year 14, he received the Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai Kanzan Award. He has performed dedicatory forging at many shrines such as Owari Atsuta Jingu and Nara Gokoku Jinja, and in Heisei 20, he performed a nihonto dedicatory forging at Hitachi Kashima Jingu for the first time in approximately one thousand three hundred years since the sword making by Sabi no Omaro in 704. In the autumn of Showa 59, he also bore the great responsibility of serving in the respectful production of the Goshinbo tachi for the 61st Shikinen Sengu of Ise Jingu, and he exerted great effort in supporting the reconstruction of Okoto Jinja in Minamisoma, Fukushima-ken, which suffered great damage in the recent earthquake, serving in the respectful production of a chokuto to become a Goshinbo, and most recently (Naochika), through the reconstruction forging of the large chokuto excavated from the Miyajidake Kofun in Fukuoka, he possesses sword making techniques that are among the best of contemporary Japanese swordsmiths. He has a strong desire for the reproduction of old swords from the Heian and Kamakura periods, has engaged in research and discipline for many years, and has abundant knowledge and insight into Kokubo, Juyo Bunkazai, and similar swords, as well as iron sand and iron culture nationwide; no matter which he handles—tachi, katana, tanto, wakizashi, naginata, or ancient chokuto—he creates an accurate and beautiful sugata. The skill of his jitetsu 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; after the death of his master Yukihira, he took charge of the master's biological son, Miyairi Kozaemon Yukihira (Miyairi Kei), and allowed him to undergo sword forging training as a disciple, which speaks to the deep trust of his master and the high level of his skill. In recent years, he has also worked on the research of swords from the Nara period such as chokuto and teboko housed in the Nara Shosoin, and the reconstruction production of Yagen Toshiro, Ichigo Hitofuri, Tsurumaru Kuninaga, and others. This shoto is a work showing a dekiguchi that boasts a status as a firm work of art, exceeding the realm of a practical cutting tool, with a notare of bright and clear nioiguchi fired into a jitetsu forged to be pure, and the habuchi covered in sunagashi. On the toshin, "akikuredo iromokawaranu" is cut in manyogana, which is one of the poems by an unknown author (it is said there are also manuscript copies of the Kokin Wakashu that attribute it to Sakaue no Korenori) attached to a folding screen painting for the fortieth birthday celebration of Fujiwara no Sadakuni, and the full text is "Akikuredo iromokaharanu tokiwayama yosonomomijiwo kazezokashikeru". The content of the poem is that although autumn has come, the reason "Tokiwayama", which is said to be evergreen and unchanging in color, is colored is surely because the wind is lending the autumn leaves from elsewhere. Since it says "kazezokashikeru", it must be dyed in autumn leaves within the painting. "Tokiwa" originally referred to the way a large rock remains unchanged for a long time, and it is also used with the image of evergreen in poem number 24 by Minamoto no Muneyuki, "Tokiwanaru matsunomidorimo harukureba". As a celebratory poem, it treats "Tokiwayama" as a symbol of longevity, and since it would be tasteless for even "Tokiwayama" to remain green despite it being autumn, it is likely a poem with the conceit that the wind is borrowing and draping a robe of autumn leaves from elsewhere. In the second volume of Autumn Poems, there is the following poem by Ki no Yoshimochi with similar content to this poem, and the same as that, the "Tokiwayama" of this poem is also said to be around Narabigaoka in Omuro-shuangoka-cho, Ukyo-ku, Kyoto-fu.
Offered by Toushin
25 on the market
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Fukushima · Showa-Reiwa
25 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.
We could not find an authenticity certificate on the seller’s listing. Japanese swords and fittings are normally papered by the NBTHK (or the NTHK). Without one, the attribution is the seller’s own assessment and has not been independently verified — treat it with caution and ask the dealer about certification before buying.
As a rule we do not accept returns, except when we have sent a different item from the one ordered or when there is a significant discrepancy between the description and the item. If you wish to return an item, please contact us within 3 days of its arrival and then send it back.
¥143,000