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,…
Articles |NANKI SHIGEKUNI 南紀重国
Read moreShigekuni (重国) belonged to the Monju-ha (文珠) of the Yamato Tegai School. He located to Fuchu in Suruga-no-kuni during the…
Articles |SHIZU SABURO KANEUJI 志津三郎兼氏
Read moreKaneuji (兼氏) was born in the late 13th century in the Yamato area. Around the Geno Era (1319-1321), the latter…
Articles |SOSHU HIROMITSU 柤州廣光
Read moreHiromitsu (廣光), according to the old authorized books, Kodensho and Kokon Mei-zukashi, is unanimously considered a student of Masamune (正宗). …
Articles |BIZEN GOROSAEMON no JÔ NORIMITSU 備前五郎左衛門尉則光
Read moreBizen Gorozaemon-no- Jô Norimitsu （備前五郎左衛門尉則光）was born around the twelfth year of Oei (1407). He was the son of Sukezaemon Norimitsu …
Articles |KOYAMA MUNETSUGU 固山宗次
Read moreMunetsugu’s (宗次) given name was Koyama Sobei (固山宗兵衛) and he was born in 1802 in Shirakawa province in Oshu Prefecture. …
Articles |BIZEN MITSUTADA 備前光忠
Read morePerhaps the most famous of all schools of sword making is the Bizen School (備前). Within the Bizen School (備前),…
