Articles |RAI KUNIMITSU 来国光
Read moreWhen we search for the foundations of the Rai (来)school, we must first consider the Awataguchi (粟田口) school. This was…
Articles |ECHIZEN NO KAMI FUJIWARA TAMETSUGU AND THE EARLY SÔSHÛ SCHOOL 越前国藤原為継
Read moreTametsugu (為継) worked in the beginning of the Nanbokuchô era and was originally from Echizen Province (越前国). While there is…
Articles |KIYOMARO 清麿
Read moreKiyomaro (清麿) was born in the tenth year of Bunka (1813) in Akaiwa village, part of Komoro in Shinano Province. …
Articles |THE DEWA GASSAN SCHOOL 出羽月山系
Read moreGassan Sadayoshi (月山貞吉) was born in 1780 in Dewa province and he was a descendant of the Gassan school of…
Articles |BIZEN KANEMITSU 備前兼光
Read moreBizen Kanemitsu (備前兼光) was the son of Bizen Kagemitsu (備前景光) who was the son of Bizen Nagamitsu (備前長光). He was…
Articles |BIZEN MORISUKE 備前守助
Read moreThis a very interesting tachi by the Bizen smith, Morisuke. It is signed Bishû Osafune Jû Morisuke (備州長船住守助). It is…
Articles |HOKI NO KAMI MASAYOSHI（伯耆守正良）
Read moreMasayoshi (正良) was born in 1733. He was the son of the second generation Masayoshi (正良) and is sometimes referred…
Articles |BIZEN OSAFUNE KAGEMITSU 備前長船景光
Read moreBizen Kagemitsu (備前景光) was the son of Bizen Nagamitsu (備前長光) who was, in turn, the son of the founder of…
Articles |NIJI KUNITOSHI 二字国俊
Read moreA group of swordsmiths, founded by Kuniyuki (国行) and called the “Rai school”, existed in Kyoto and thrived from the…
Articles |BIZEN NAGAYOSHI (CHÔGI) 備前長義 and BIZEN KANENAGA 備前兼長 OF THE SODEN-BIZEN SCHOOL 相伝備前
Read moreNagayoshi (長義) (herein after referred to as Chôgi (長義)) and Kanemitsu (兼光) are the two renown smiths of Bizen Province…
