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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),…
Articles |SHODAI HIZEN TADAYOSHI 初代肥前忠吉
Read moreHashimoto Shinzaemon (橋本新左衛門) was born in Takagise-cho, saga, Hizen (肥前) in 1572 to Hashimoto Michihiro (橋本道弘) who was the son…
Articles |THE UCHIGATANA KOSHIRAE 打刀拵
Read moreThe term, uchigatana (打刀), is made up of two Japanese words. The word, uchi (打), comes from the verb, utsu,…
Articles |BIZEN OSAFUNE MOTOSHIGE 備前長船元重
Read moreBizen Osafune Motoshige (備前長船元重) is generally thought to be the son of Morishige (守重) of the Hatakeda School (畠田系). Other…
Articles |SÔSHÛ YUKIMITSU 相州行光
Read moreThe Sôshû (相州)tradition denotes swords that were made in Kamakura in Sôshû (相州) also known as Sagami (相模) province. This…
Articles |THE UDA SCHOOL 宇多系
Read moreThe founder of the Uda School (宇多) is considered to have been Kunimitsu (国光). He was originally from the Uda…
