薫風かおる、五月の頃。

日本では古くより、
この季節に菖蒲を飾り、
その清らかな香りと姿に、
邪を祓う願いと「尚武」の心を重ねてきました。

草木に成長を見、
風の気配に次の季節を感じる。

その感性こそ、
日本の伝統に宿る美しさ。

伝統とは、
遠い昔を飾るものではなく、
今日の手で、
新しく息づかせるもの。

半月一枚刃Ⓡと共に、
その先の繊細美へ。

日本国「現代の名工」
三代目赤坂兵之助

───Holding Jin-i in the Threshold of the Seasons.

In May,
when the fragrant breeze begins to flow.

Since ancient times in Japan,
people have adorned this season with shōbu leaves,
placing upon their pure fragrance and form
a prayer to ward off misfortune
and the spirit of shōbu—
a reverence for strength and discipline.

To see growth in plants and trees,
and to sense the next season
in the movement of the wind.

That sensibility is the beauty
that lives within Japanese tradition.

Tradition is not something
that merely adorns the distant past.

It is something brought to life anew
by the hands of today.

Together with the HANGETSU Single BladeⓇ,
toward the next depth
of delicate beauty.

Contemporary Master Craftsman of Japan
Third-Generation Hyōnosuke AKASAKA