Sō Masachika
宗昌親 (Sō Masachika)
A Fukuoka smith, born in 1958 according to most sources (1954 according to another), son of the smith Sō Tsutomu; made mukansa by the NBTHK in 2006.
Profile
Sō Masachika was born in Fukuoka in 1958 according to most sources; Markus Sesko gives 1954. The eldest son of the smith Sō Tsutomu, he studied metallurgy before training under his father and was licensed in 1989. He works mainly in the Sagami manner. In 2005 he won the Takamatsu-no-miya prize with a katana, and in 2006 the NBTHK made him mukansa, the rank that exempts a smith from the jury in its annual contest of new swords.
Monograph
Sō Masachika (宗昌親)
A metallurgist who returned to his father’s forge and became a mukansa, told with the level of evidence of each fact.
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Rankings
- Mukansa since 2006