NihontoWatchHon-zukuri, iori-mune, ubu-nakago. Ko-itame-hada with mixed masame. Ji-nie attaches, and shirake-utsuri stands out. The hamon is togari-gunome-midare. Kinsuji and sunagashi appear, and it is bright and clear. Bo-hi carvings on the omote and ura. His real name is Fukumoto Koichi, a former Imperial Army commissioned swordsmith. In a shu-ishime-nuri-saya uchigatana-koshirae.
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Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Mino · around 1926-1989
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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