Articles |BIZEN OSAFUNE CHIKAKAGE 備前長船近景
Read moreBizen Osafune Chikakage (備前長船近景) was the son of Chikatsune(近恒). He was the student of Nagamitsu (長光) and a contemporary of…
Articles |HIGO DAIJÔ SADAKUNI 肥後大掾貞国
Read moreHigo Daijô Sadakuni (肥後大掾貞国) was from Echizen (越前) Province. He worked around the beginning of the Shinto Era, around Keicho…
THE SÔSHÛ SCHOOL OF THE NANBOKUCHÔ ERA –SÔSHÛ AKIHIRO 相州秋広
Read moreIn the year 1185 after his victory at the battle of Dan-no-ura, Minamoto Yoritomo decided to move the center of…
Articles |THE ICHIMONJI SCHOOL 一文字派
Read moreTHE ICHIMONJI SCHôOL 一文字派 The Ichimonji School (一文字) in Bizen Province was a large school that was founded in the…
Articles |ROKUDAI TADAYOSHI 六代忠吉
Read moreRokudai Tadayoshi (六代忠吉), the sixth generation, was born in 1736. The fifth generation Tadayoshi (忠吉) had two sons and the…
Articles |HORIKAWA KUNITAKE 堀川国武
Read moreKunitake (国武) was a student of the famous Shinto sword maker, Horikawa Kunihiro (堀川国廣). Kunitake (国武) lived around the first…
Articles |THE CHÔGI SCHOOL and BIZEN NAGAMORI 長義系 と 備前長守
Read moreChogi (長義), also known as Nagayoshi (長義), along with Kanemitsu (兼光) are thought to be two of the truly great…
Articles |THE TANTÔ 短刀
Read moreA tantô is traditionally described as being a Japanese sword of less than one shaku in length. This equates to…
Articles |THE BITCHU AOE SCHOOL 備中青江
Read moreTo properly understand the foundation and beginnings of the Bitchu Aoe School (備中青江) we must first study geography and history. …
Articles |THE BUNGO TAKADA SCHOOL 豊後高田
Read moreThe province of Bungo (豊後) in Kyushu produced such excellent sword smiths as Yukihira (行平) in the Koto times. Tomoyuki…
Articles |GOJO KUNINAGA 五条国永
Read moreThe founder of the Sanjo School was Sanjo Munechika. (三条宗近). He worked around the Eien era (987-989). Exact records from…
Articles |THE NAOE SHIZU KEI 直江志津系
Read moreThe end of the Kamakura era brought two important sword smiths to Mino Province, Kaneuji (兼氏) and Kinjû (金重). Kaneuji…
