Cut-out sword
―The thought of carpentry blacksmithing

One of the small knives used in wooden architecture, woodwork, wood carving, bamboo craft, etc. This time, many carpenter blacksmiths who have mastered the beauty of their use, such as Shuichi Ishido, Taro Chiyozuru, Kosaburo Hasegawa, Tetsunosuke Miyano, including the cut swords `` self-esteem '' and `` Kaiko '' by Chiyo Tsuruze Hidesaku. We display cut swords in one hall.
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Name of the exhibition

Cut-out sword-the thought of carpentry blacksmithing

Period

From March 5 (Sat) to May 8 (Sun), 2022

Venue

Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum 1F Hall

Holding time

From 9:30 to 16:30 (admission until 16:00)

Closed days

Monday (or the next day if it is a national holiday)

Admission fee

700 yen for adults, 500 yen for large, high school students and over 65 years old, free for junior high school students and younger (including Permanent exhibition viewing fee)

Sponsorship

Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum

Cooperation

Asakura Sculpture Museum, Kiya, Ginza Kikuhide, Sake Museum (Shiraka Memorial Sake Brewery Museum), Sato Hardware Store, Shoto Museum of Art, Tsuchida Knife Shop, Nishinomiya City

■The person who influenced the style (about 6.5 minutes)
A master craftsman, Chiyozuruzehide, who is said to have sublimated carpentry tools to the area of art. What kind of people did you interact with until the style was completed?

■Feelings in “self-esteem” (about 3 minutes and 40 seconds)
A masterpiece of Chiyo Tsuruzehide's design cutout sword "Self-esteem". Yariganna is the motif. What is the production method of the beautiful drop-shaped back slowing and glittering surface finish?

■Chiyo Tsuruzehide and Kiya-What you can see from the Kiya Delivery Book-(about 4 minutes)
Kiya, a knife shop that handled the most common Kiridashi-Kogatana made by Korehide Chiyozuru. What can be seen from the record of the cut sword that Chiyo Tsuruzehide put in Kiya?

■Exchange with sculptor Fumio Asakura (about 3 minutes)
Fumio Asakura, a heavyweight in the sculpture world, ordered and loved sculpture tools, kitchen knives, and scissors for planting trees from Chiyo Tsuruzen Hidehide. This is the story of a famous artist who highly praised Korehide and Chiyozuruzehide.

■Longing for Chiyo Tsuruzehide-Genno Blacksmith, Kosaburo Hasegawa-(about 4.5 minutes)
Genno's master craftsman, Kosaburo Hasegawa, is one of the carpentry blacksmiths who had a strong admiration for Chiyozuruzehide. How did you approach Korehide's technology and sensitivity?