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Tamemitsu (TAM69)

Kuninobu (KUN840)

  • 國延 , kazarena , 14 years 2 days ago

    Hi bjmoose,

    Thank you.

    There is another Hasebe Kuninobu, KUN817 (not available in Swordsmith Index) who signed 國延 (not 國信). I don't have the book. Did he sign in both ways?

    Regards,
    Stan

  • Kuninobu Mei , bjmoose , 14 years 4 days ago

    部谷長國延
    HASEBE KUNINOBU

    reference: MEIHIN KATANAEZU SHUSEI By Tanobe Michihiro p47

Hirosuke (HIR411)

  • i have wakizashi signed: , Areku , 14 years 1 week ago

    i have wakizashi signed:
    島田住廣助
    shimada ju hirosuke

Kiyonori (KIY372)

  • Re: MEI , kazarena , 14 years 17 weeks ago

    Signatures added.

  • MEI , bjmoose , 14 years 18 weeks ago


    清則

    KIYONORI

     

    備前國住吉井清則

    BIZEN (no) KUNI  JU  YOSHII   KIYONORI

     

     

     

Sukemitsu (SUK720)

Kanesada (KAN271)

  • Signature added , kazarena , 14 years 18 weeks ago

    Thanks!

  • Mei , bjmoose , 14 years 18 weeks ago

    河内守包定
    Kawachi (no) Kami Kanesada

Yukihisa (YUK132)

  • Additional information , gokaden , 14 years 19 weeks ago

    YK644 in Yumei Koto Taikan

    Origami issued by the Honami Family.

Kuniie (KUN292)

  • Information about Kuniiye , Yoshii , 14 years 28 weeks ago

    Born 26 juli 1894 in Ibaraki prefectuur
    Passed away in 1970
    Familyname: Yoshihara, Surname : Katsuichi
    In 1933 he became the first official student at the Nippontō Tanren Denshujo
    Student of Kasama Shigetsugu (shi 907)

    Signed : Akihiro
    Akihiro saku
    oite Tokiwamatsu Yoshihara Akihiro saku kore
    After 1943 Nobutake
    Yoshihara Nobutake
    Tokyo Dai ichi Rikugun Zoheisho Yoshihara Nobutake
    Yoshihara Kuniiye
    Yoshihara Kuniite saku
    Yoshihara Kuniiye kitau kore
    Musashi kuni jū Yoshihara Kuniiye seitan kore
    Kōto jū Yoshihara Kuniiye seitan kore

    In 1937 he became teacher at the Kyushu University Kingakubu Nihonto Kenkyujo.
    In 1938 he started his own smithy in Nihon So Tanrenjo, in Setagaya, Tokyo
    He was appointed by Kurihara Akihide as smith at the Nihonto Gakuin, (Japanese Sword Institute) in Sagamihara-cho, Zama (Sobudai), Kanagawa Prefecture.
    He also beacme instructor at the Tokiwamatsu Tanren Kenkyu Jo in Shibuya, Tokyo on the estate of Toyama Mitsuru, afterna Shigetsugu had left

    Hij works in Bizen and Sōshū den, he also makes utushi mono of Kiyomaro.
    He was appointed Rikugun Jumei Tosho during the war.
    In 1943 Kuniie was appointed as the smith instructor of the Japanese Imperial Army in the Tokyo Dai Ichi Rikugun Zoheisho, the militairy arsenal in Akabane, Tokyo.
    From 1945 till 1953 he was not actice as a swordsmith. In 1953 Kuniie he started again as a swordsmith and got a licent as swordsmith, from that time on he began to teach his students the making of the Nihonto

Kiyoyuki (tmpKIY654)

  • Information about Kiyoyuki , Yoshii , 14 years 28 weeks ago

    Born : 2 january 1948
    Familyname: Furukawa Surname: Nobuō

    Signed : Kiyoyuki zukuru
    Shinano kuni Kiyoyuki

    He did got a license at 1 march 1978
    He joined for the first time at the 14th Shinsakuto Meito Sword Competition. He won the Endeavor award in 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1994 and 1993, the Excellence award in 1985, 1986, and 1989, in 1984 the Kanzan Award, in 1997 the Kunzan Award, in 1998 en 2006 the NBTHK Chairmans Award. He won in 2005 and 2007 the Yushu-sho Award and in 2006 the Doryoku-sho Award.
    He works in Sōshū den

Masamine (MAS470)

  • Information about MAS470 , Yoshii , 14 years 30 weeks ago

    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

Masakiyo (MAS381)

  • Information about MAS381 , Yoshii , 14 years 30 weeks ago

    He is born 18 march 1911 in Awa kuni
    His familyname is Kobayashi
    His surname is Kiyoharu
    He is a student of Morita Masamichi
    He signed : Kobayashi Masakiyo
    Itosai Masakiyo saku kore
    Yakumo Misawa Masakiyo saku

Kanenari (KAN1751)

  • Information about KAN 1751 , Yoshii , 14 years 30 weeks ago

    Born march Taishō 15, 1926
    Familyname: Gōto, Surname: Ryozo
    Student of Watanabe Kanenaga
    He also signed Seki jū Kanenari ssaku and Nōshū Seki jū Kanenari saku

Kanenaga (KAN1660)

  • Information about KAn1660 , Yoshii , 14 years 30 weeks ago

    Born april Meiji 20, 1887, died augustu Shōwa 18, 1943
    His familyname is Kawamura and his surname is Eijirō
    He signd : Nōshū jū Nara Tarō Fujiwara Kanenaga
    Nara Tarō Fujiwara Kanenaga taisei kō motte saku kore
    Sōshū Kamakura Tenshozan Fujiwara Kanenaga motte taisei ko saku kore
    Fujiwara Kanenaga taika motte taisei kō saku kore

Kanenaga (KAN1657)

  • Information about KAN 1657 , Yoshii , 14 years 30 weeks ago

    Born 1 januari Meiji 5, 1872, died oktober Shōwa 21, 1946
    His familyname is Watanabe
    He is a student of Zenshō Kaneyoshi
    Hij received the title of master smith in April Showa 15

    He signed : Noshu Seki jū Watanabe Kanenaga saku
    Mino Seki jū Watanabe Kanenaga kore saku
    Mino Seki jūnin Watanabe Kanenaga

    Hij rank is Shinbin no Retsu
    Hij richte het Watanabe Kanenaga Nihonto instituut op in Shōwa 12.
    Hij had 18 leerlingen. Hij was een belangrijke leraar in de Gifu prefectuur
    Hij did had a appointment as Rikugun Jumei Tōshō.
    Sugata : shinogi zukuri katana, chu kissaki
    Hamon : san bon sugi, suguha, gunome chōji midare

Hisakatsu (HIS24)

  • Information about HIS24 , Yoshii , 14 years 30 weeks ago

    His familyname is Takashima, his surname is Masaō
    He also signed with oite Iwaki Yamaroku Hisakatsu saku kore and with Suiryūsai Hisakatsu

    He belongs to the Kibin no Retsu rankof swordsmiths

Hisahiro (HIS13)

  • Information about HIS13 , Yoshii , 14 years 30 weeks ago

    His surname is Buichi
    His familyname is Takefu
    He is a grandson of HIS12
    He had a appointment as Rikugun Jumei Tosho

Hidetada (HID177)

  • Information about HID 177 , Yoshii , 14 years 30 weeks ago

    He was born 18 february 1928
    His Familyname is Takaha.
    His surname is Mokoto
    He was a student of Nakata Kanehide and Watanabe Kanenaga
    He got a permit as a tosho on the 15 february 1965
    In 1969 he entered the Miyairi school.
    In 1970 he started as a independent smith
    He aimed at the work of Shizu Kaneuji and Kiyomaro

    He signd : Seki ju Hidetada saku kore

    Kitae : ko itame, masame
    Hamon : midare, gunome midare

Akikuni (AKI47)

  • Information about AKI47/AKI48 , Yoshii , 14 years 30 weeks ago

    He used Saburō, Tsutomu as surname
    He aslo signed with Shikoku Saburō Akikuni saku kore 四国三郎源昭国作之 and Kondo Akikuni
    He had a appointment as a Rikugun Jumei Tosho
    He was still working in 1973

Akikane (AKI45)

  • Information about AKI 45 , Yoshii , 14 years 30 weeks ago

    His familyname is Kawase
    His surname is Masahiro
    He was born in Meiji 35, 1902
    He signed as follows: Akikane
    Nōshū jū Shizu Akikane
    Minamoto Munefusa
    Kawase Masahiro Akikane
    Nōshū Shizu jūnin Minamoto Mitsukane saku

    He had a appointment as a Rikugun Jumei Tosho

Akihisa (AKI44)

  • Information about AKI44 , Yoshii , 14 years 30 weeks ago

    His surname was Juji
    His rank is Kibin Joi
    He had a appointment as a Rikugun Jumei Tosho

Akihira (AKI39)

  • Information about AKI39 , Yoshii , 14 years 30 weeks ago

    His surname was Shōhei end his familyname Kamei.
    He signed also with Nōshū jū Kamei Akihira ki saku and Nōshū jū Akihira
    He has won the Doryokusho price and the Nyusen price.
    He was still working in 1995