Komiya Kokuten
小宮國天 (Komiya Kokuten)
A smith from Miike, in Ōmuta (Fukuoka prefecture); Kunzan Prize in 2023 and Kanzan Prize in 2025 at the Gendai Tōshoku-ten.
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Komiya Kokuten (小宮國天) forges in Miike, in the city of Ōmuta (Fukuoka prefecture). A tachi of his from 2011 was shown at the Heisei no Meitō Meikō-ten exhibition at the Japanese Sword Museum (2019), and he was selected (nyūsen) at the Reiwa no Meitō Meikō-ten at the Japanese Sword Museum.
At the NBTHK Exhibition of Contemporary Sword Craftsmen (Gendai Tōshoku-ten) he received the Kunzan Prize in 2023, the Kanzan Prize in 2025 for a 72.4 cm tachi, and a prize of excellence in second place in 2026, all in the tachi and katana section.
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Komiya Kokuten (小宮國天)
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