NihontoWatchSwordsmith Hidemune's real name is Matsubara Ryuhei (born in Nagano), born in Showa 5, residing in Sekiguchi, Seki City, Gifu Prefecture. He is the son of swordsmith Matsubara Kaneyoshi and a disciple of the 13th generation swordsmith Kawashima Masahide and swordsmith Nakada Kanehide. He has received numerous awards at the Shinsaku Meito Ten. He signs as "Seki ju Hidemune," "Matsubara Ryuhei Hidemune," and others.
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Gifu · around 1926-1989
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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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