Miyairi Kiyohira
宮入清平 (Miyairi Kiyohira)
A smith from Sakaki (Nagano), 1924–2003, younger brother of Miyairi Akihira and father of Miyairi Norihiro; from 1989 he signed Kiyomune.
Profile
Miyairi Kiyohira (宮入清平) was born in 1924 and from 1941 learned forging from his elder brother, Miyairi Akihira, a living national treasure, who later signed Yukihira. He set up on his own in 1948, received the approval to forge in 1959 and from February 1989 signed Kiyomune. He died in 2003.
He worked in the Sōshū tradition, with Kiyomaro, Sadamune and Kaneuji as models. At the NBTHK new-work exhibition he won an effort prize at its first edition, in 1965, and later a Mainichi Shinbun prize, two excellence prizes, twelve encouragement prizes and seven effort prizes; in 2000 the governor of Nagano honoured him. He is the father of Miyairi Norihiro.
Monograph
Miyairi Kiyohira (宮入清平)
Who Miyairi Kiyohira was, in a profile and a summary, with the level of evidence of each fact.
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Notable works
- Tachi: plate 33 of the Gendaitō Meisaku Zukan (p. 67).
- Tachi: plate 34 of the Gendaitō Meisaku Zukan (p. 69).