NihontoWatchAkamatsu Taro Kanehiro, swordsmith (real name: Kimura Kaoru), resides in Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture. Born in Showa 36 (1961). He began swordmaking in Showa 56 under his father, the swordsmith Kaneshige, who was a smith of O-wazamono Sekiwake rank during the war. He specializes in Kiyomaro-utsushi and has achieved numerous awards at new sword exhibitions. The Kimura family is a lineage that draws from the Sagara family's retained smiths of the Hitoyoshi Domain, and he is the third son of three swordsmith brothers, with older brothers being the swordsmith Kanetsugu and the swordsmith Kaneteru. This single sword was created in Reiwa 6 (2024) as a new sword for Iai, and our company arranged the hi-bori and koshirae production. The toshin is well-balanced with a good sound, and the kanagu are all coordinated with new items. It is finished as a sword that we can recommend with confidence.
NihontoWatchAkamatsu Taro Kanehiro赤松太郎兼裕
Offered by Nosyudo
7 on the market
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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.
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.
¥690,000