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Yamamura

Submitted by kazarena on Sat, 2007-07-07 16:11
山村
Province:Echigo
Start Era:Enbun (1356-1361) ND
End Era:Kanshō (1460-1466)

Description:

It is said that around Enbun a bushi named Yamamura Masanobu was beckoned by Nidai Nobukuni of Kyōto to learn the craft of sword making [1]. The Yamamura Ha is said to have been bushi for generations [2]. Extant swords of this school are extremely rare.

A number of Yamamura smiths signed Nobukuni due to close connections with Yamashiro Nobukuni school. It still has to be identified if they were double-listed as Yamashiro smiths.

References

  1. Nihonto Koza Volume II (Koto Part I), Honma, Junji, Sakakibara Koitsu, Hon'ami Kozon, Hon'ami Mitsuhiro, Isobe Miokichi, and Sato Kanichi , p.488, (1996)
  2. Nihon Toko Jiten, Fujishiro, Matsuo , Volume Koto, (1964)

Smiths

Namesort icon Kanji Generation Start Era Teacher Ref
Genjirō Nobukuni [NOB296] 信國 Ōei (1394-1428)
NMK-714-4
SJS-472
Masashige [MAS869] 正重 Bunmei (1469-1487)
Nobukuni [NOB289] 信國 Ōan (1368-1375) ND NMK-714-2
Nobumasa [NOB328] 信正 Ōei (1394-1428)
Yamamura Masanobu [MAS696] 正信 1st Enbun (1356-1361) ND Nobukuni
Yamamura Nobushige [NOB460] 信重 Ōei (1394-1428) Masanobu
Yamamura Yasunobu [YAS316] 安信 1st Ōei (1394-1428)
Yasunobu [YAS317] 安信 2nd Kyōtoku (1452-1455)
Yasuyuki [YAS666] 安幸 Ōei (1394-1428) Masanobu

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