The Cultural Properties Protection Law took effect in 1950. And the tanto Inaba Shizu became a Juyo Bunkazai.
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On December 20, 1934 (Showa 9), it was designated an Important Art Piece under the name of Marquis Naganari Kuroda. Subsequently, on May 27, 1939 (Showa 14), under the same name, it was designated as a National Treasure (formerly a National Treasure) under the National Treasure Preservation Law. After the enforcement of the Postwar Cultural Properties Protection Law, it was designated as an Important Cultural Property, and since then, it has been owned by an individual in Aichi Prefecture, leaving the Fukuoka Kuroda family.
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