The information that follows was drawn
from the introduction brochure produced
by the said organization, dated May 4th, 2009.
Legal Status
The NBSK is, from a legal perspective, a zaidan hōjin
(a legal corporation). Its charts were deposited on December 1st, 2008
- at which date a legal reform took effect which established a
distinction between common not-for-profit corporations (ippan zaidan hōjin) and so-called "public utility" corporations (kōeki zaidan hōjin) - the NBSK falling into the ippan
category. The obtention of the status "public utility" requiring
a special procedure which the NBSK states is under progress.
Description of its structure
The presidency is composed of 5 members.
President : Tokugawa Yasuhisa 徳川康久
Special counsellor : Kawabata Terutaka 川端照孝 [4]
Consultants : Kusano Kazutaka 草野多隆 [5], Nezu Kōichi 根津公一 [6], Furukawa Junnosuke 古河潤之助 [7]
[4] Administrator at Hōsei University and
former elected administrator, NBTHK.
[5] Lawyer and former administrator, NBTHK.
[6] Director, Nezu museum and CEO of the Tōbu stores.
[7] CEO of Furukawa Denkō and former administrator, NBTHK.
[8] Polisher and translator of the Connoisseur's book of the Japanese Swords.
The
scientific board has 19 members elected for four years. Most are
craftsmen (polishers, tsukamaki-shi, shirogane-shi) and the best known
of them in the West is Mishina Kenji 三品謙次 [8].
The
Board of Directors has 13 administrators elected for two years and two
auditors in charge for four years. Those better known among them are:
Amata Akitsugu 天田昭次 (Swordsmith, Living National Treasure)
Miyairi Kozaemon Yukihira 宮入小左衛門行平 (Swordsmith)
Iida Yoshihisa 飯田慶久 (President of Iida Kōendō Co.)
Gassan Sadatoshi 月山貞利 (Swordsmith, Living Local Treasure)
Nagayama Kōkan 永山光幹 (Polisher, Living National Treasure, author of the Connoisseur's book)
Yoshihira Kuniie 吉原國家 (Swordsmith, Living Local Treasure)
Hon'ami Kōshū 本阿彌光洲 (Polisher, Living Local Treasure)
Takayama Kazuyuki 高山一之 (Fittings maker, ref.The Craft of the Japanese Sword)
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