NihontoWatchModern sword Hizen kuni Kanemoto with Koshirae 戦前・戦後を通じて活躍し、伊勢神宮御宝刀も手掛けた名工・肥前国兼元(本村兼作)の作。よく詰んだ小板目肌に互の目を焼いています。刀身は古研ぎによるヒケがあるものの、錆や鍛え割れはありません。古金具を用いた拵も良好で、軽量かつバランスに優れた居合向きの一振りです。 A work by the renowned swordsmith Hizen no Kuni Kanemoto (Motomura Kanesaku), who was active both before and after World War II and forged sacred treasure swords for Ise Jingu Shrine. The blade features a tightly forged ko-itame grain with a gunome hamon. Although the old polish shows some minor scratches, there is no rust or forging flaws. The koshirae, mounted with antique fittings, remains in excellent condition. Lightweight and well-balanced, this sword is ideal for iaido. 「刀姿 figure」 鎬造り庵棟、身幅重尋常、鳥居反り、中鋒。茎は生で鑢目は筋違い、茎尻は刃上がりの栗尻と成る。 Shinogi-zukuri with an iori-mune. The blade has standard mihaba and kasane, with a torii-zori and a chū-kissaki. The nakago is ubu with sujikai yasurime, terminating in a ha-agari kurijiri. 「彫物 carving」 彫物は片チリの棒樋がハバキ下に掻き流しと成る。 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詰み、淡く映り立つ。 The jigane is a tightly packed ko-itame hada, with a faint utsuri appearing in the ji. 「刃紋 hamon」 刃紋は互の目、尖り刃を交え、匂い口明るく、足入る。鋩子は乱れこみ小丸に返る。茎は生で化粧鑢がかかり、茎尻は栗尻と成る。 The hamon is gunome, mixed with togari-ba, with a bright nioiguchi and ashi extending into the ha. The bōshi is midare-komi and turns back in ko-maru. The nakago is ubu, with kesho-yasurime, and the nakagojiri is kurijiri. 「特徴 detailed」 肥前国兼元。本名は本村兼作。佐賀県佐賀市長瀬町に住した刀匠です。 昭和14年に陸軍受命刀匠を拝命。昭和18年の陸軍軍刀展で会長賞、翌19年には同展の総裁賞を受賞しました。同年、陸軍兵器行政本部嘱託の軍刀鍛錬技術指導員を拝命。戦後は、昭和27年に伊勢神宮御宝刀の御下命を受け、昭和42年から43年にかけて新作名刀展に入選。昭和45年には、再び伊勢神宮御宝刀の御下命を受けるなど、戦前・戦後を通じて活躍した刀匠です。 本作は、よく詰んだ小板目肌の地鉄に、互の目を焼いた一振りです。 刀身は古研ぎのためヒケが見られますが、錆はありません。また、鍛え割れなど、欠点となるような傷もありません。 拵は古い金具類を用いて仕立てられています。使用感はあまり見られず、良好なコンディションを保っています。 本刀は軽量でバランスも良く、居合に最適な一振りです。 Hizen no Kuni Kanemoto, whose real name was Motomura Kanesaku, was a swordsmith based in Nagase-machi, Saga City, Saga Prefecture. In 1939, he was appointed an Army-commissioned swordsmith. He received the Chairman’s Award at the Army Sword Exhibition in 1943, followed by the President’s Award at the same exhibition in 1944. That same year, he was appointed as a technical instructor in military sword forging under the Army Ordnance Administration Headquarters. After the war, he was commissioned to forge a sacred treasure sword for Ise Grand Shrine in 1952. His works were selected for the Contemporary Sword Exhibition in 1967 and 1968, and in 1970 he was once again commissioned to forge a sacred treasure sword for Ise Grand Shrine. He was an accomplished swordsmith who remained active both before and after World War II. This sword features a well-forged and tightly packed ko-itame grain, with a gunome temper pattern. The blade retains an older polish and shows some minor surface scratches, but there is no rust. It is also free from forging flaws, cracks, or other significant defects. The koshirae was assembled using antique fittings. It shows little evidence of use and remains in good overall condition. Lightweight and well balanced, this sword is particularly well suited for iaido practice. 「拵 Koshirae」 ハバキ(habaki) :銀無垢一重の腰祐乗。 鍔(tsuba) :鉄地蝶影透かし。 縁頭(futikasira):鉄地蝶の図。 目貫(menuki) :赤銅地花車の図。 柄(tsuka) :鮫は親粒が付き巻鮫。柄巻きは牛表革黒の諸撮み巻き。 鞘(saya) :黒呂。 「刀剣の状態 condition of blade」 研:古研ぎのためヒケや汚れが見られますが、錆はありません。 傷:欠点に成るような傷は有りません。
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Hizen · 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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