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 Namesort icon Province Era Mei
CHI4 Chiyohiro Kaga Genroku (1688-1704)
加州住千代廣
kashu ju chiyohiro
CHI11 Chiyozuru Sagami Bunsei (1818-1830)
相州小田原住千代鶴
sōshū kodawara ju chiyozuru
CHI6 Chiyozuru Echizen Ōei (1394-1428)
越州住千代鶴作
esshū ju chiyozuru saku
CHI6 Chiyozuru Echizen Ōei (1394-1428)
越前住千代鶴作
echizen ju chiyozuru saku
CHI8 Chiyozuru Echizen Tenna (1681-1684)
越州住千代鶴
esshū ju chiyozuru
CHI8 Chiyozuru Echizen Tenna (1681-1684)
越前住千代鶴作
echizen ju chiyozuru saku
CHI9 Chiyozuru Kaga Eishō (1504-1521)
加州住藤原千代鶴
kashū ju fujiwara chiyozuru
0000-0498 Chō Samonji
sa suriage kotoku (kakihan)
CHO2 Chōbyōe Mutsu Bunkyū (1861-1864)
岡田長兵衛
okada chōbyōe
CHO6 Chōen Bungo Ninji (1240-1243)
長圓
chōen
CHO7 Chōen Bungo Bunei (1264-1275)
長圓千秋萬歳
chōen senshu banzai (1000 Autumns, 1000 Lives)
CHO8 Chōen Buzen Kenpō (1213-1219)
長圓千秋萬歳
chōen senshū banzai
CHO17 Chōkaimaru Dewa Meiji (1868-1912)
羽州わらび岡住鳥海丸
ushū warabioka ju chōkaimaru
CHO12 Chōkichi Yamato Teiji (1362-1368) ND
千手院長吉
senjuin chōkichi
CHO13 Chōkichi Bizen Genchu (1384-1394)
備州長船長吉
bishū osafune chōkichi
CHO16 Chōson Tosa Bunka (1804-1818)
朝尊作
chōson saku
CHO16 Chōson Tosa Bunka (1804-1818)
平安城住朝尊
heianjo ju chōson
CHO16 Chōson Tosa Bunka (1804-1818)
南海太郎朝尊
nankaitarō chōson
CHO16 Chōson Tosa Bunka (1804-1818)
山城國西陣住朝尊
yamashiro kuni nishijin ju chōson
CHO16 Chōson Tosa Bunka (1804-1818)
一條堀川住南海太郎朝尊
ichijo horikawa ju nankaitarō chōson
CHU3 Chujirō Yamato Koto (987-1596)
忠次郎
chujirō
0000-0063 Dai Hannya Nagamitsu
長光
nagamitsu
DAI50 Dai Kanemichi Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
大兼道
dai kanemichi
DAI2 Daichi Mino Tenmon (1532-1555)
濃州関住大知
nōshū seki ju daichi
DAI14 Daidō Ise Bunkyū (1861-1864)
陸奥介大道
mutsu no suke daidō
DAI15 Daidō Izumi Tenpō (1830-1844)
日向國大道
hyuga kuni daidō
DAI15 Daidō Izumi Tenpō (1830-1844)
日州飫肥州大道
nishū obishū daidō
DAI16 Daidō Mikawa Manji (1658-1661)
三陽額田郡住藤原大道
sanyō nukada-gori ju fujiwara daidō
DAI17 Daidō Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
美濃國住人大道
mino kuni junin daidō
DAI18 Daidō Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
陸奥守大道
mutsu no kami daidō
DAI18 Daidō Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
源陸奥守大道
minamoto mutsu no kami daidō
DAI19 Daidō Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
陸奥守大道
mutsu no kami daidō
DAI20 Daidō Mino Keichō (1596-1615)
陸奥守大道
mutsu no kami daidō
DAI20 Daidō Mino Keichō (1596-1615)
法橋大道作
hokkyo daidō saku
DAI20 Daidō Mino Keichō (1596-1615)
濃州関住兼道
nōshū seki ju kanemichi
DAI21 Daidō Mino Bunroku (1592-1596)
和泉守大道
izumi no kami daidō
DAI22 Daidō Mino Tensho (1573-1592)
三河守大道
mikawa no kami daidō
DAI23 Daidō Mino Keichō (1596-1615)
源陸奥守大道
minamoto mutsu no kami daidō
DAI24 Daidō Mino Genna (1615-1624)
三河守大道
mikawa no kami daidō
DAI25 Daidō Mino Keichō (1596-1615)
伊豆守大道
izu no kami daidō
DAI26 Daidō Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
伊豆守大道
izu no kami daidō
DAI27 Daidō Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
伊豆守大道
izu no kami daidō
DAI27 Daidō Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
濃州住伊豆守大道
nōshū ju izu no kami daidō
DAI28 Daidō Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
伊豆守大道
izu no kami daidō
DAI29 Daidō Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
但馬大掾藤原大道直房
tajima daijō fujiwara daidō naofusa
DAI29 Daidō Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
但馬大掾大道
tajima daijō daidō
DAI29 Daidō Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
大道入道直房
daidō nyudō naofusa
DAI3 Daidō Bungo Shinto (1596-1781)
豊後守重大動
bungo no kami ju daidō
DAI30 Daidō Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
豊後守大道
bungo no kami daidō
DAI31 Daidō Mino Kanbun (1661-1673)
和泉守大道
izumi no kami daidō