Miyairi Norihiro
宮入法廣 (Miyairi Norihiro)
A Nagano smith born in 1956, nephew of Miyairi Akihira; an NBTHK mukansa and maker of the copies of Shokudaikiri Mitsutada and Honebami Tōshirō.
Profile
Miyairi Norihiro was born in 1956; he is the nephew of Miyairi Akihira, the living national treasure from Sakaki, in Nagano. The NBTHK made him mukansa in the 1990s, and in 2011 Nagano prefecture recognised him as holder of an intangible cultural property, the technique of forging the Japanese sword. He is known for his copies of famous swords that were damaged or lost: that of the Shokudaikiri Mitsutada, which the Tokugawa museum has shown since 2018 beside the burnt original blade, and that of the Honebami Tōshirō, from the same year.
Monograph
Miyairi Norihiro (宮入法廣)
A swordsmith of the Miyairi house who learned Bizen away from home and Sōshū within it, told with the level of evidence of each fact.
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Notable works
- Copy of the Shokudaikiri Mitsutada for the Tokugawa museum in Mito, shown from 2018 beside the original.
- Copy of the Honebami Tōshirō from 2018.
Rankings
- Mukansa since 1995
- Masamune Prize: 2010