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.
Hira-zukuri, mitsu-mune. Ubu-nakago. Ko-itame-hada mixed with moku, well-worked and superbly tight. Ji-nie attaches finely and thickly, fine chikei appears, and a faint utsuri rises. Hamon is chu-suguha, shallowly notare with ko-midare mixed in. Nioi-guchi is soft and ko-nie attaches well. Ha-buchi has hotsure and slight ko-ashi work. Kinsuji entwine well along the ha-buchi, sunagashiri is present, and it is bright and clear. Real name is Amada Seiichi. Ningen Kokuho. Pupil of his father Amada Sadayoshi and Kurihara Hikosaburo Akihide. Accompanied by a tomo-bako.
Offered by Token-Net
6 on the market







Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Niigata · around 1926-1989
Tōken Taikan top 87%
6 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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