Category: Demos & Events
Sumihira MANABE demonstration at Rencontres d'Aubrac
Kiyota joins his master's group and goes to Lithuania for a demonstration!
For the second time, the Kawachi Ichi-mon Kai (Mukansa smith Kawachi Kunihira’s direct group of apprentices, including Kiyota) went to Lithuania this summer. This time, the group was part of a series of events on the general theme of japanese arts, along with traditional dance accompanied by koto and shamisen players, a bonsai exhibition, and…
Event/Demo: Quench-hardening of a Japanese Sword
TRADITIONAL JAPANESE SWORDSMITHING: Quench-hardening of a Japanese sword Held in Toronto (Oct.28) and Montréal (Nov.4th) 2006 227, Riverside St., where the event was held in Montréal. The event in review… Our intention was to come Toronto and Montréal in order to give interested people a chance to observe a Japanese swordsmith at work, and to…