NihontoWatchEnshin was born in Koka 2. His father was Hayama Hisashi, a retainer of the Mikawa Yoshida Domain stationed in Edo. Aspiring to be a swordsmith, he became a disciple of Suzuki Masao, a student of Kiyomaro, and worked ambitiously on the study of steel; he skillfully forged even difficult-to-handle imported steel and succeeded in reproducing the nashiji-hada of the Awataguchi school. He crafted swords for distinguished figures such as high-ranking military officers and business leaders.
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Musashi · around 1868-1912
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Meiji: survival after the edict
The Haitōrei edict of 1876 ended sword wearing and nearly ended the craft itself. Military demand and imperial patronage kept a remnant alive, and in 1906 Gassan Sadakazu and Miyamoto Kanenori were named Artists to the Imperial Household.
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