Kawachi Ippei
河内一平 (Kawachi Ippei)
A smith from Sakaki, in Nagano prefecture; a katana of his received the encouragement prize at the Heisei no Meitō Meikō-ten exhibition.
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Kawachi Ippei (河内一平) is a present-day smith who has his forge in Sakaki, in Nagano prefecture, according to the member list of the Zen Nihon Tōshōkai (全日本刀匠会), the All Japan Swordsmiths Association.
A 75.8 cm katana of his from 2018, signed Shinano no Kuni Kawachi Ippei (信濃國河内一平), received the encouragement prize at the Heisei no Meitō Meikō-ten exhibition at the Japanese Sword Museum (2019).