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Submitted by kazarena on Mon, 2007-05-14 19:13
雲生
初代
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◯  嘉元︱ 備前
Unshō (1st gen)
IDUNJ12
ProvinceBizen
EraKagen (1303-1306)
Active Period1303-1306
SchoolUnrui
FatherUnjō

Source Rating Reference/Page
Hawley160UNJ12 
Toko Taikan¥10M 28 
FujishiroJo saku K263 
OtherNMK-62-2
Signatures:
雲生
unshō
備前國鵜飼住雲生
bizen kuni ugai ju unshō
備前國宇甘郷住人雲生作
bizen kuni ukan-gō junin unshō saku
備前國宇甘住雲生
bizen kuni ukan ju unshō
備前國宇甘郷雲生
bizen kuni ukan-gō unshō
備前國住雲生
bizen kuni ju unshō

Recorded works

ID/Name Type Mei Yearsort icon Ref
0000-0700
 		Tachi
備前國住雲生
bizen kuni ju unshō
 NZK-646-2
0000-0703
 		Tachi
雲生
unshō
0000-0709
 		Tachi
備前國宇甘郷雲生
bizen kuni ukan-gō unshō
八幡大菩薩
hachiman daibosatsu
 NK-9-310
0000-0710
 		Tachi
雲生
unshō
 NK-9-311
0000-0711
 		Tachi
雲生
unshō
 NK-9-312
0000-0717
 		Tachi
雲生
unshō
 TBJ-616-20
0000-0723
 		Tachi
雲生
unshō
 FFB-82
0000-0724
 		Tachi
雲生
unshō
 KT-34-2
0000-0725
 		Tachi
雲生
unshō
 KT-35-1
0000-0726
 		Tachi
雲生
unshō
 KT-35-2
0000-0727
 		Tachi
雲生
unshō
KT-36-1
NZK-646-1
0000-0729
 		Tachi
雲生
unshō
 NZK-645-1
0000-0730
 		Tachi
雲生
unshō
 NZK-645-2
0000-0736
 		Tachi
雲生
unshō
0000-0911
 		Katana
雲生
unshō

Workmanship and style

See Meihin Katanaezu Shusei for 12 signature examples [1].

Recorded dates: Kagen, 2 [2].

Nihon Koto Shi wrote:

It is said that Unsho used a smith name of 'Kunitomo' and Unji 'Kuniyoshi' in their early years, afterward they made a tachi for Emperor Godaigo then the emperor gave them the smith names of Unsho and Unji in return for their services, but this story should no be justified considering their active ages.

References

  1. Meihin Katanaezu Shusei, Tanobe, Michihiro , p.204, (1999)
  2. Nihonto Meikan, Honma, Junji, and Ishii Masakuni , Tokyo, p.1618, (1976)
#1Submitted by kazarena on Sat, 2012-02-18 22:47.

Hawley

This smith (and few subsequent IDs) is listed as Unjō 雲上, but it's obvious from the context that it's 雲生.