Kanetsugu

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Kanetsugu
IDKAN2673
ProvinceInaba
Start EraKeiō (1865-1868)
End EraMeiji (1868-1912)
Active Period1865-1912

Source Rating Reference/Page
Hawley10KAN2673 
FujishiroChu-jo saku S55 
Signatures:
因州住日置兼次作之
inshū ju heki kanetsugu saku kore
日置藤原兼次作
heki fujiwara kanetsugu saku
因州臣直助尉藤原兼次
inshū-shin naosuke no jō fujiwara kanetsugu
因幡國住直助尉藤原兼次作之
inaba kuni ju naosuke no jō fujiwara kanetsugu saku kore
兼先十二代孫因州住日置兼次作之
kanesaki 12 dai mago inshū ju heki kanetsugu saku kore

Biography and lineage

He is the 12th generation grandson of Kanesaki 兼先. His name was Heki (SN: it can be pronounced as Hioki. Not sure what's the correct way.) Naosuke no Jō. His early works were signed Kanehira 兼平 (KAN892) [1].

Workmanship and style

Mostly nioi shimari gunome, also suguba.


References

  1. Nihon Toko Jiten, Fujishiro, Matsuo , Volume Shinto, (1964)