NihontoWatchSwordsmith Akamatsu Taro Kaneteru (real name: Kimura Kanehiro) resides in Yatsushiro City, Kumamoto Prefecture. Born in Showa 32 (1957). He began making swords in Showa 63 under his father, the swordsmith Kaneshige, who was a swordsmith of the Owazamono Sekiwake rank during the war. The Kimura family is of a lineage that follows the school of the retained smiths of the Sagara family of the Hitoyoshi Domain; he is the second son of three swordsmith brothers, with his elder brother being the swordsmith Kanetsugu and his younger brother being the swordsmith Kanehiro. On a date containing the numbers "2" and "8," which are often favored because they can be divided into two, the omote is engraved with Daikokuten, one of the Seven Lucky Gods and considered a deity of wealth and career success. A hoju is depicted on the ura. As this is a tanto filled with auspicious elements, it is also recommended for those considering a family heirloom.
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Higo (Yatsushiro) · Heisei-Reiwa
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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¥480,000