Outline of the exhibition

One of the small blades used in wooden architecture, woodwork, wood carving, bamboo craft, etc. This time, a number of cutting swords made by master carpentry blacksmiths, such as Shuichi Ishido, Taro Chiyozuru, Kosaburo Hasegawa, and Tetsunosuke Miyano, including the cut swords `` self-esteem '' and `` Kaiko '' by Chiyozuru. Will be exhibited.
※To prevent the spread of COVID-19 infection, the exhibition period, opening hours, event information, etc. may be changed in the future. Please refer to this page for the latest information.

Exhibition title
Cutting swords - The thought of carpentry tools blacksmith
Exhibition Period
March 5 (Sat) to May 8 (Sun), 2022
Venue
Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum 1F Hall
Hours
9:30–4:30 p.m. (Last admission 4:00 p.m.)
Closed
Monday (or the next day if it is a national holiday)
Admission
700 yen for adults, 500 yen for students aged 65 or older, free for junior high school students and younger (including Permanent exhibition viewing fee)
Organizer
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 Store, Nishinomiya City
Leaflet A4 size and PDF format Leaflet can be downloaded. (Approximately 2MB)
Exhibits Other than Photos 4 and 8: Left: Table, right: Back
1 Chiyo Tsuruzehide's 'self-esteem'
2 Chiyozuruzehide's 'Karai' by Chiyozuru
3 Chiyo Tsuruzenhide's "One flower cost is exhausted."
4 Chiyozuru Hidesaku (Fish, shrimp, brush, and elbow from left)
5 Hideichi Ishido's work, 'The god of fortune when everything is round.'
6 "Nao" by Kosaburo Hasegawa
7 Chiyo Tsuru Taro's ""
8 Chiyotsuru Enkoku's "Thank you" (left: front, center: back, right: cloth roll)
*1-2,8: Private storehouse, 3: Hakuka Memorial Sake Brewery Museum, 4-6: Tsuchida Knipper Storehouse
Photo of the venue
Venue video
Explanatory video ※Click the image to jump to YouTube.
■The person who influenced his style (about 6.5 minutes)
Chiyo Tsuruzehide, a master craftsman who is said to have sublimated carpentry tools to the area of art. What kind of person did you interact with until the style was completed?
■Feelings in "self-esteem" (about 3 minutes and 40 seconds)
Chiyo Tsuruzehide's design cut-out sword masterpiece "self-esteem". Yariganna is a motif. What is the production method of beautiful drop-shaped back plowing and glittering surface finish?
■Chiyozuruzehide and Kiya - What you can see from Kiya Delivery Book - (about 4 minutes)
Kiya, a knife shop that handled the most Kiridashi-Kogatana made by Korehide Chiyozuru. What can you see from the record of the cut sword put in Kiya by Chiyo Tsuruzehide?
■Interaction with sculptor Fumio Asakura (about 3 minutes)
Fumio Asakura, a leading figure in the sculpture world, ordered and loved his hobbies and living tools such as sculpture tools, kitchen knives, and garden scissors from Chiyo Tsuruzenhide. This is a story of a famous artist who highly praised Korehide and Chiyozuru Korehide.
■Longing for Chiyozuruzehide - Genno Blacksmith, Kosaburo Hasegawa (about 4.5 minutes)
Genno's master craftsman, Kosaburo Hasegawa, is one of the carpenter's blacksmiths who had a strong longing for Chiyo Tsuruzenhide. How did you approach Korehide's technology and sensitivity?
Related Videos
Related Events

■Workshop "Let's make a cut-out sword (3 times)"
Under the guidance of our main job, we will perform "forging", "forming", "quenching, grilling, and blade Sharpening" over three days to produce your own cut sword.
※To prevent expansion of COVID-19 infection, it may be canceled or changed. Please refer to this page for the latest information.

Date and time
April 22 (Fri), 23 (Sat) and 24 (Sun), 2022
［1］ 9:30～12:30、［2］13:30～16:30
Instructor
FUJIWARA no Yasuhiko (Representative of Blacksmith and FUJIWARA no Koto Manufacturing) and Hiroyuki Nagaike
Venue
Takenaka Carpentry Tools Museum 1F Terrace and B2F Workshop Room
Participation fee
20,000 yen (3 times in total, including material cost, Admission)
Capacity
5 people over the age of 15 each time (advance application system, lottery if there are many applicants)
※Must be able to participate for 3 days
※Those who agree to participate at their own risk
Reservations by
Must arrive on April 4, 2022 (Monday)

Related Events How to Reserve

Please apply on the event page or round-trip postcard.

■Event page
"Let's make a cut sword" is here.

■Round-trip postcard (up to 1 person per postcard)
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