Signature Search

Swordsmith Index is intended to be a non-commercial resource to support Nihonto studies and raise awareness of history and appreciation of genuine Japanese swords. Find more information about the Index, its description and methods of use here.

ID Name Provincesort icon Era Mei
HIS24 Hisakatsu Yamaguchi Shōwa (1926-1989)
久勝謹作
hisakatsu kin saku
HIS24 Hisakatsu Yamaguchi Shōwa (1926-1989)
於石城山麓久勝作之
oite iwaki yamaroku hisakatsu saku kore
KUN1406 Kunitoshi Yamaguchi Shōwa (1926-1989)
藤村國俊
fujimura kunitoshi
KUN1406 Kunitoshi Yamaguchi Shōwa (1926-1989)
松龍子國俊
shōryūshi kunitoshi
KUN1406 Kunitoshi Yamaguchi Shōwa (1926-1989)
岩國住國俊
iwakuni ju kunitoshi
SAD856 Sadayoshi Yamaguchi Shōwa (1926-1989)
長州深川住貞良
chōshū fukagawa ju sadayoshi
AKI83 Akiyoshi Yamagata Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭吉
akiyoshi
AKI83 Akiyoshi Yamagata Shōwa (1926-1989)
羽州山形住藤田昭吉
ushū yamagata ju fujita akiyoshi
AKI83 Akiyoshi Yamagata Shōwa (1926-1989)
出羽國山形於千歳山麓藤田昭吉作之
dewa kuni yamagata oite senzo yamaroku fujita akiyoshi saku kore
AKI84 Akiyoshi Yamagata Shōwa (1926-1989)
藤田昭吉
fujita akiyoshi
KAN578 Kaneyoshi Yamagata Shōwa (1926-1989)
金吉
kaneyoshi
NOR526 Noriyoshi Yamagata Shōwa (1926-1989)
羽州莊内住中川徳吉作之
ushū shonai ju nakagawa noriyoshi saku kore
TOK76 Tokusaburō Yamagata Shōwa (1926-1989)
藤田徳三郎
fujita tokusaburō
TOS189 Toshimitsu Yamagata Shōwa (1926-1989)
沼澤俊光作
numazawa toshimitsu saku
YAS1040 Yasumitsu Yamagata Shōwa (1926-1989)
康光
yasumitsu
SAD900 Sadayuki Wakayama Shōwa (1926-1989)
於南紀龍神源貞行造之
oite nanki ryūshin minamoto sadayuki tsukuru kore
SAD572 Sadanari Toyama Shōwa (1926-1989)
越中八尾住大西貞成作
etchu hachio ju ōsai sadanari saku
SAD573 Sadanari Toyama Shōwa (1926-1989)
越中住大西貞成作之
etchu ju ōsai sadanari saku kore
AKI29 Akisuke Tottori Shōwa (1926-1989)
士魂明督之作
shigon akisuke no saku
SUK568 Suketoshi Tottori Shōwa (1926-1989)
金崎天日齋源助壽謹精之
kanasaki tenichisai minamoto suketoshi kinsei kore
YOS572 Yoshinaga Tottori Taishō (1912-1926)
小林良永
kobayashi yoshinaga
YOS572 Yoshinaga Tottori Taishō (1912-1926)
小林米尉下鍛之
kobayashi yonejōka tan kore
AKI43 Akihiro Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
於常盤松吉原昭廣作之
oite tokiwamatsu yoshihara akihiro saku kore
AKI61 Akimune Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
昭宗作
akimune saku
AKI61 Akimune Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
今野昭宗
imano akimune
HID200 Hidetoshi Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
天龍子秀壽作之
tenryushi hidetoshi saku kore
HIK9 Hikosaburō Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
大日本栗原彦三郎造之
dai nihon kurihara hikosaburō tsukuru saku
KAN1273 Kanekuni Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
加藤兼國作
katō kanekuni saku
KAN1273 Kanekuni Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
於碑文谷加藤清志兼國作
oite hibuntani katō kiyoshi kanekuni saku
KAN1273 Kanekuni Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
於都碑文谷加藤清志兼國作
oite toto ishibumi buntani katō kiyoshi kanekuni saku
KAN1346 Kanemasa Tokyo Meiji (1868-1912)
兼正
kanemasa
KUN292 Kuniie Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
吉原國家
yoshihara kuniie
KUN292 Kuniie Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
皇都住吉原國家精鍛之
kōto ju yoshihara kuniie seitan kore
KUN292 Kuniie Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
武蔵國住吉原國家精鍛之
musashi kuni ju yoshihara kuniie seitan kore
KUN624 Kunimori Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
宮口國盛作之
miyaguchi kunimori saku kore
KUN844 Kuninobu Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
國展
kuninobu
MAS1188 Masatsugu Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
相州鎌倉正次作之
sōshū kamakura masatsugu saku kore
MAS1188 Masatsugu Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
卍正次
manji masatsugu
MAS1331 Masayoshi Tokyo Meiji (1868-1912)
藤原正吉謹作
fujiwara masayoshi kin saku
MAS1331 Masayoshi Tokyo Meiji (1868-1912)
正吉作
masayoshi saku
MAS1627 Masataka Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
武州御岳山麓住政賢
bushū gyogakusan hayama ju masataka
MAS219 Masahiro Tokyo Meiji (1868-1912)
淨雲齋正寛作
jounsai hayama masahiro saku
MAS219 Masahiro Tokyo Meiji (1868-1912)
三州豊橋士羽山藤原正寛造之
sanshū toyohoshi hayama fujiwara masahiro tsukuru kore
MOR1100 Morotaka Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
師敬作
morotaka saku
NAO2 Naoaki Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
莊司彌門直諒
sōji yamon naoaki
NAO30 Naohiro Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
東京住土野直弘
tokyo ju tsuchino naohiro
NOB124 Nobuaki Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
胤明門人信明作
taneaki mon-nin nobuaki saku
NOB124 Nobuaki Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
信明作
nobuaki saku
NOB124 Nobuaki Tokyo Taishō (1912-1926)
矢濤龍鱗齋信明
yagiaki ryūrinsai nobuaki
OKI1 Okimasa Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
塚本一貫齋起正作
tsukamoto ikkansai okimasa saku