Articles |BIZEN TOMOMITSU 備前備光
Read moreBizen Tomomitsu (備前倫光) was a smith from Bizen Province who worked in the Nambokuchô Era. He was the son and…
Articles |BIZEN OSAFUNE YASUMITSU 備前長船康光
Read moreShodai Bizen Yasumitsu (備前康光) traces his lineage to Shigeyoshi (重吉) of the Kagen era (嘉元) of 1303, who descends from…
Articles |INOUE SHINKAI 井上眞改
Read moreShinkai (眞改) was the eldest son of the first generation Izumi (no) Kami Kunisada (和泉守国貞). In the beginning, he inscribed…
Articles |THE MURAMASA KEI 村正派
Read moreAny study of the Muramasa Kei (村正派) would be somewhat remiss if it did not start with a bit of…
Articles |YAMATO no KAMI YASUSADA 大和守安定
Read moreYamato-no-Kami Yasusada (大和守安定) has long been thought to have moved to Edo from Echizen Province having been a student of…
Articles |THE UNRUI GROUP 雲類系
Read moreThe swordsmiths with names starting with the kanji character UN (雲)such as Unshô (雲生), Unji(雲次), and Unjû (雲重)are either called…
Articles |THE YAMATO SHIKKAKE SCHOOL 大和尻懸
Read moreThe province of Yamato (大和) was the center of Japanese culture during the Nara (奈良) period before the capital was…
Articles |SANDAI SÔSHÛ TSUNAHIRO 三代相州綱廣
Read moreThe third generation of smith who went by the name of Tsunahiro (綱廣) belonged to what is known as the…
Articles |WAKASA NO KAMI UJIFUSA 若狭守氏房
Read moreWakasa (no) Kami Ujifusa (若狭守氏房) is said to have been the son of Seki Kanefusa (関兼房). He was born in…
Articles |YAMATO TEGAI SCHOOL 大和手搔系
Read moreDuring the Nara period, before the capital was transferred to Kyoto in Yamashiro province, the province of Yamato was the…
Articles |THE KAMAKURA ICHIMONJI SMITHS 鎌倉一文字 SUKEZANE 助真 SUKETSUNA 助綱
Read moreSukezane (助真) was the son of Fukuoka Ichimonji Sukefusa (福岡一文字助房). He was a renowned smith of the Fukuoka Ichimonji School (福岡一文字系). …
Articles |MONDONOSHÔ MASAKIYO 主水小正清
Read moreWhile swords were produced in the Satsuma Kuni from the Heian Jidai, they were primarily produced by katana kaji referred…
