- Names
- 隅谷正峯
- SUMITANI Masamine (index name)
- Sumitani Masamine (display name)
- 隅谷正峯 (Japanese display name)
- すみたに まさみね (transliterated hiragana)
- 隅谷與一郎 (real name)
- Date of birth
- 1921-01-24
- Birth place
- Mattō City, Ishikawa Prefecture (current Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture)
- Date of death
- 1998-12-12
- Death place
- Mattō City, Ishikawa Prefecture (current Hakusan City, Ishikawa Prefecture)
- Gender
- Male
- Fields of activity
- Crafts
日本美術年鑑 / Year Book of Japanese Art
「隅谷正峯」『日本美術年鑑』平成11年版(427頁)刀剣作家で国の重要無形文化財保持者(人間国宝)の隅谷正峯は12月12日午後1時16分、急性循環器不全のため石川県松任市の石川中央病院で死去した。享年77。大正10(1921)年1月24日、金沢で醸造業を営む隅谷友吉の長男として生まれる。旧制金沢第一中学校に在学中に日本刀に興味を抱くようになり、立命館大学理工学部機械工学科を昭和16年に卒業した後、同学に創設された日本刀鍛錬研究所で同17年より桜井正...
Wikipedia
Masamine Sumitani (隅谷正峯; born Sumitani Yoichiro; 14 January 1921 – 12 December 1998) was a Japanese swordsmith. Sumitani's family ran a soy-sauce manufacturing business, but rather than entering the family trade, Masamine opted to study at Ritsumeikan University, with a view to becoming a swordsmith, graduating in 1941 with a degree in mechanical engineering. After his graduation, Sumitani remained at Kyoto, studying (alongside Masayuki Nagare) under Sakurai Masayuki. When the University's sword studio was destroyed in a fire in 1942, Sumitani moved to Onomichi to continue his education at the Foundation of National Japanese Sword Studies and the Kokoku Japanese Sword Temper Workshop there. Sumitani settled in Mattō, Ishikawa. He worked in the Bizen tradition, and was noted for his choji midare or "clove patterns" along the hamon of his blades. As well as swords, Sumitani also specialised in the forging of tosu knives and was a practitioner of bachiru. In 1975 he co-founded the Zen Nihon Toshokai ("Japanese Swordsmith's Association"), and served as the group's Vice-Secretary.
- VIAF ID
- 2899151778211618130000
- Wikidata ID
- Q11658866
- 2026-01-26