NihontoWatchModern sword Higonokuni ju Akamatsutaro Kaneteru saku with Higo-Koshirae. 熊本の名工、赤松太郎兼照刀匠による一振りです。よく鍛えられた小板目肌に、華やかな重花丁子刃を見事に焼き上げています。 本作は、刀剣店の金庫に長期間大切に保管されていた未使用の新品であり、そのため刀身・拵ともに極めて良好な状態を保っています。 長寸ながらバランスに優れた一振りで、ご購入後すぐに居合でお使いいただけます。 This is a fine work by Akamatsu Tarō Kaneteru, a renowned swordsmith from Kumamoto. It features a beautifully forged ko-itame hada with a magnificent and flamboyant jūka-chōji hamon. This sword is unused new old stock (NOS) that had been carefully stored in the safe of a sword shop for many years. As a result, both the blade and the koshirae remain in exceptionally fine condition. Despite its long blade, the sword is exceptionally well balanced and is ready for immediate use in Iaido after purchase. 「刀姿 sword figure」 体配は鎬造り庵棟、身幅太く重尋常、鳥居反り中鋒。茎は生で筋違い鑢がかかり、茎尻は栗尻となる。 The sugata is shinogi-zukuri with an iori-mune, featuring a wide mihaba and standard kasane, torii-zori, and a chū-kissaki. The nakago is ubu with sujikai yasurime, and the nakagojiri is kurijiri. 「彫物 carving」 彫り物は片チリの棒樋がハバキ下に掻き流しに成る。 The horimono consists of a bō-hi with kata-chiri, extending beneath the habaki in kaki-nagashi style. 「地鉄 jigane」 地鉄は小板目肌が良く練れて良く積んだ黒味のある地鉄に、地沸良く付く。 The jigane is a well-forged, tightly packed ko-itame hada with a darkish tone, covered with abundant ji-nie. 「刃紋 hamon」 刃紋は重花丁子刃で足が良く入り、刃中稲妻が走る。帽子は乱れこみ小丸に返る。 The hamon is jūka-chōji, with abundant ashi extending into the cutting edge, while inazuma runs through the ha. The bōshi is midare-komi and turns back in ko-maru. 「特徴 detailed」 肥後國住赤松太郎兼照、本名・木村馨は、昭和36年生まれ。木村兼嗣刀匠の末弟であり、木村兼光・木村兼幸両刀匠の叔父にあたります。 赤松太郎一門は、兼嗣刀匠を筆頭に、兼裕・兼照をはじめとする多くの門人を育成してきました。一門の刀工はいずれも「赤松太郎」と銘を切り、清麿写しには定評があります。 同派では、自家製鉄によって玉鋼を製作し作刀を行うため、現在流通している日刀保の玉鋼とはやや趣を異にします。 本作は、居合用として特別に注文制作された一振りで、岐阜県内の居合刀剣専門店の金庫に長期間保管されていた未使用の新品です。 よく鍛えられた小板目肌に、重花丁子刃を焼き上げた素晴らしい刀です。さすが居合用に作られた刀だけあり、軽量でバランスもたいへん優れています。 また、本刀は未使用の新品であるため、刀身・拵ともにコンディションは抜群に良好です。ご購入後、すぐに居合でお使いいただけます。 Higo no Kuni-jū Akamatsu Tarō Kaneteru, whose real name is Kimura Kaoru, was born in 1961 (Shōwa 36). He is the youngest brother of swordsmith Kimura Kanetsugu and the uncle of swordsmiths Kimura Kanemitsu and Kimura Kaneyuki. The Akamatsu Tarō school, led by Kanetsugu, has trained numerous swordsmiths, including Kanehiro and Kaneteru. The swordsmiths of this school sign their works “Akamatsu Tarō” and are particularly renowned for their utsushi (reproductions) of Kiyomaro-style swords. The Akamatsu Tarō school produces its own tamahagane through a traditional self-smelting process and uses it to forge its swords. As a result, their steel has a somewhat different character from the tamahagane supplied by the NBTHK that is commonly used by modern swordsmiths today. This sword was specially commissioned for Iaido and is unused new old stock (NOS) that had been stored in the safe of an Iaido sword specialty shop in Gifu Prefecture for many years. It is an outstanding sword featuring a beautifully forged, fine ko-itame hada and a magnificent jūka-chōji hamon. As one would expect from a sword specially made for Iaido, it is lightweight and exceptionally well balanced. As this sword is unused new old stock (NOS) , both the blade and the koshirae remain in exceptionally fine condition. It is ready for immediate use in Iaido after purchase. 「拵 Koshirae」 ハバキ(habaki) :銀無垢一重の腰祐乗。 鍔(tsuba) :鉄地肥後金唐草布目象嵌。 縁頭(futikasira):鉄地肥後金唐草布目象嵌。 鐺(kojiri) : 鉄地肥後金唐草布目象嵌。 目貫(menuki) :柊の図。 柄(tsuka) :鮫は親粒が付き巻鮫、柄糸は牛スエード黒の諸捻り巻き。 鞘(saya) :黒乾漆石目。 「刀剣の状態 condition of blade」 研:良好です。 傷:欠点に成るような傷は有りません。
Akamatsu Taro Kaneteru赤松太郎兼照
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Higo (Yatsushiro) · Heisei-Reiwa
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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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