Craftsman
土井敬次郎
Keijiro Doi
The story
Keijiro Doi (土井敬次郎) was the second of three generations of Doi smiths in Sakai: his father Kazuo (土井一雄), born in 1897, then Keijiro, then his son Itsuo (土井逸夫), who forges today.
Keijiro forged at Aoki Hamono's Sanpou factory (三宝工場) in Sakai, the workshop behind the Sakai Takayuki brand, where Itsuo forges now.
Aoki Hamono's own craftsmen page calls him a father praised as a master craftsman (名匠と謳われた父), and says Itsuo studied under him and took on his secret techniques (秘伝の技).
He died on 12 November 2017, aged ninety.
In photographs
Photographs of Keijiro Doi published by Suisin.
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