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Something on his background.  Ikeda Norihisa (Echigo, Niigata) (also known as Ikeda Hisashi, b.1932) from Nagaoka city in Niigata, Japan (formally known as the ancient province of Echigo). He was a direct student of Yamagami Akihisa (Yamagami Shigetsugu, b. 1910) which attended the Japanese sword forging school Nihon Tanren Denshusho founded by Kurihara Akihide. Norihisa's teacher won numerous prizes prior to WWII including Monbu Daijin Sho (Minister of Education Award), Kaigun Daijin Sho (Minister of the Navy Award), Rikugun Daijin Sho (Minister of the Army Award) in Shinsakuto (new sword) exhibitions. Yamagami also worked as Rikugun Jumei Toso for the Japanese army during WWII. In 1941 he was given Tokubetsu Meiyo Seki - Special Honor Seat in the Army Gunto exhibition. After the war, in 1954 he obtained a sword forging permit from the Japanese government and continued his career as a swordsmith. He won many awards such as Doryoku Sho and Nyusen in the annual Shinsaku Meito Exhibition while teaching numerous young swordsmith including his son Norihisa (則久) and Ikeda Norihisa (法久). Ikeda Norihisa's blades are quite rare.

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