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Submitted by kazarena on Mon, 2007-05-14 20:13
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Sumitani Masamine
IDMAS470
NameMasamine
ProvinceIshikawa
EraShōwa (1926-1989)
Active Period1940-1989
TeacherMasayuki
LineageImage / Interactive

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Hawley8MAS470 
Signatures:
加賀國住人正峯
kaga kuni junin masamine
加賀國住兩山子正峯
kaga kuni ju ryōsanshi masamine
加賀國住兩山子正峯作
kaga kuni ju ryōsanshi masamine saku
加賀國住兩山子正峯作之
kaga kuni ju ryōsanshi masamine saku kore

Biography and lineage

He was born in 1921 (大正10年1月24日) in Ishikawa prefecture, died in 1998 (平成10年12月12日). His family name is Sumitani 隅谷, he used Ryōsanshi and Yoichirō as surname. Student of Sakurai Masayuki from Shōwa 16, 1941 onwards.

In Shōwa 42 he was appointed as Mukansa. In Shōwa 56, 1971 he became the 3rd Living National Treasure.

Also recorded in Hawley as MAS469, MAS471 [1].

See more details in "Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths: From 1868 to the Present" [2].

Workmanship and style

Large cluster choji.

References

  1. Hawley's Japanese Swordsmiths, Hawley, W. M. , (1998)
  2. Modern Japanese Swords and Swordsmiths: From 1868 to the Present, Kapp, Leon, Kapp Hiroko, and Yoshihara Yoshindo , (2002)
#1Submitted by Yoshii on Sat, 2009-08-22 00:13.

Information about MAS470

He is born 大正10年1月24日 1921 in Ishikawa prefectuur
He died on 平成10年12月12日 1998
His familyname is Sumitani, he used Ryōsanshi and Yoichirō as surname
Student of Sakurai Masayuki (mas 1474) from Shōwa 16, 1941 onwards

He signed : Kaga kuni ju Ryōsanshi Masamine
Kaga kuni ju Ryōsanshi Masamine saku kore
Kaga kuni junin Masamine

In Shōwa 42 he was appointed as Mukansa
In Shōwa 56, 1971 he became Kokuho
#2Submitted by kazarena on Sat, 2011-09-03 20:03.

Thank you

Thanks, Yoshii! I've updated the record.