NihontoWatchSwordsmith Shiro Kunitada (real name: Komiya Yokimitsu) resides in Omuta City, Fukuoka Prefecture. Born in Showa 29 (1954). He began swordmaking in March of Showa 47 under his grandfather (Shiro Kunimitsu), who was said to be a master of the Showa era. While inheriting the techniques of his grandfather and father (Shiro Kuniharu), he also challenges the Soshu-den style. He achieved his first acceptance into the New Sword Exhibition in Heisei 4 and has exhibited continuously since then. Furthermore, the Komiya family is of the lineage of Shiro Kunimitsu, the retained smiths of the Tachibana family of the Chikugo Yanagawa domain, founded in Tenmei 6 (1786). This sword was commissioned as a new sword for Iai in Reiwa 1 (2019), and our company arranged the hi-bori and koshirae production. The toshin is well-balanced with good sound, and the kanagu are all coordinated with new items. It has been finished into a piece that we can recommend with confidence.
NihontoWatchOffered by Nosyudo
3 on the market
As written by the shop
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Chikugo · around 1989-
3 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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¥690,000