{"id":2409,"date":"2026-06-24T10:27:45","date_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:27:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/?p=2409"},"modified":"2026-06-24T10:27:45","modified_gmt":"2026-06-24T10:27:45","slug":"the-results-of-the-2026-modern-sword-craftsmen-exhibition%e3%80%80june-24-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/2026\/06\/24\/the-results-of-the-2026-modern-sword-craftsmen-exhibition%e3%80%80june-24-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"The results of the 2026 Modern Sword Craftsmen Exhibition\u3000June 24, 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The results of the 2026 Modern Sword Craftsmen Exhibition have been announced, covering the categories of polishing, blade engraving, metal carving, shirasaya, sword mountings, tsuka wrapping, and habaki making.\u3000For sword craftsmen, the results of this exhibition represent an evaluation of the skills they have devoted themselves to refining over the past year.\u3000I personally know many craftsmen\u2014both those I regularly work with and those with whom I have close relationships\u2014who dedicate themselves every day with the goal of winning a special prize. Because of this, I believe each craftsman received the results with mixed emotions, experiencing both joy and disappointment.\u3000Among them, I am especially pleased to share that polisher Kawakami Y\u014dichir\u014d, who worked together with us at Token Matsumoto for five years, received the highest award in the Shinogi-zukuri polishing division: the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology Award.\u3000Although he has been extremely busy since becoming independent, he still makes time once a month to help us. He carefully removes minor hike-kizu and small rust spots from swords in our collection.\u3000I have had many opportunities to observe his work up close. Spending a full day watching him polish swords, I have witnessed firsthand his sincere dedication to sword polishing and his extraordinary concentration.\u3000That is why this award feels so well deserved. It is the result of years of steady effort and commitment. I am truly happy for him and deeply proud of his achievement.\u3000When we heard the news, everyone on our staff was overjoyed.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    The results of the 2026 Modern Sword Craftsmen Exhibition have been announced, covering the categories of polishing, blade engraving, metal carving, shirasaya, sword mountings, tsuka wrapping, and habaki making.\u3000For sword craftsmen, the results of this exhibition represent an evaluation of the skills they have devoted themselves to refining over the past year.\u3000I personally … Continue reading The results of the 2026 Modern Sword Craftsmen Exhibition\u3000June 24, 2026<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2409"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2410,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2409\/revisions\/2410"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2409"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2409"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.touken-matsumoto.jp\/eng\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2409"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}