NihontoWatch本造り庵棟 うぶ茎 小板目肌、柾交じりよく詰む。地沸微塵につき、細かな地景顕われ、淡く白気映り立つ。刃紋は互の目乱れ、小丁字、尖り刃交じる。匂い口ややフックラと小沸よくつく。小足、葉盛んに働く。金筋、砂流し頻りにかかり、明るく冴える。岡山刑務所々長、江村繁太郎の命により、市原長光の指導を受けた囚人達が作った刀に江村作と銘を切り、それが通称監獄長光と呼ばれいずれも出来が良く評価が高い。陸軍軍刀拵付き。
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Kochi · around 1926-1989
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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