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.
兼照刀匠の本名は木村兼弘、父木村兼重刀匠の二男、熊本県八代市植柳下町住、 全日本刀匠会会員、入選多数。 木村家赤松太郎一門は源清麿を理想とした豪快な作域で有名です。 ※この拵えは現代の作です。 ※This kosirae is a modern product.
Akamatsu Taro Kaneteru赤松太郎兼照
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Higo (Yatsushiro) · Heisei-Reiwa
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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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