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…
Articles |GÔ YOSHIHIRO 江義弘
Read moreYoshihiro (義弘) is one of the most famous sword smiths of all time. Yoshihiro’s (義弘) given name was Matsukura Go…
Articles |BIZEN KAGEHIDE 備前景秀
Read moreBizen Kagehide (備前景秀) worked around the Bunei period (1265). He was said to be the younger brother of Bizen Mitsutada…
Articles |AWATAGUCHI KUNIYOSHI 粟田口国吉
Read moreThe Awataguchi School (粟田口) was founded by Kuniie (国家), whose father Kuniyoshi (国吉) went to Kyoto from Yamato Province where…
Articles |KANABO MASATSUGU 金房政次
Read moreThe latter part of the Muromachi Era was a time of constant warfare. Prior to this time, the large Buddhist…
Articles |NIDAI TADAHIRO 二代忠廣
Read moreThe second generation Tadahiro (忠廣) was born Hashimoto Heishiro in Saga, Hizen in 1614. At the time of his birth,…
