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 Province Era Mei
KAN2630 Kanetoshi Bizen Keiō (1865-1868)
横山兼俊作
yokoyama kanetoshi saku
KAN2637 Kanetoshi Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
(菊紋) 一文字
(kiku) ichimonji
KAN2637 Kanetoshi Mino Shōwa (1926-1989)
粹光齋兼俊
suikosai kanetoshi
KAN2638 Kanetoshi Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
兼俊
kanetoshi
KAN2638 Kanetoshi Gifu Shōwa (1926-1989)
熊沢兼俊
kumazawa kanetoshi
KAN264 Kanesada Kii Shoō (1288-1293)
包定
kanesada
KAN2647 Kanetoshi Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
濃州関住兼歳
nōshū seki ju kanetoshi
KAN2647 Kanetoshi Mino Meiō (1492-1501)
兼歳作
kanetoshi saku
KAN2648 Kanetoyo Kaga Keiō (1865-1868)
木下藤原兼豊作
kinoshita fujiwara kanetoyo saku
KAN2648 Kanetoyo Kaga Keiō (1865-1868)
木下伊勢大掾藤原兼豊
kinoshita ise daijō fujiwara kanetoyo
KAN2648 Kanetoyo Kaga Keiō (1865-1868)
加陽金房住兼豊
kayo kanabo ju kanetoyo
KAN2648 Kanetoyo Kaga Keiō (1865-1868)
加州住藤原兼豊
kashū ju fujiwara kanetoyo
KAN2655 Kanetsugu Bitchū Shoō (1288-1293)
兼次
kanetsugu
KAN2655A Kanetsugu Bitchū Hōji (1247-1249)
兼次
kanetsugu
KAN267 Kanesada Yamato Kakitsu (1441-1444)
大和住包定作
yamato ju kanesada saku
KAN2673 Kanetsugu Inaba Keiō (1865-1868)
因州住日置兼次作之
inshū ju heki kanetsugu saku kore
KAN2673 Kanetsugu Inaba Keiō (1865-1868)
日置藤原兼次作
heki fujiwara kanetsugu saku
KAN2673 Kanetsugu Inaba Keiō (1865-1868)
因州臣直助尉藤原兼次
inshū-shin naosuke no jō fujiwara kanetsugu
KAN2673 Kanetsugu Inaba Keiō (1865-1868)
因幡國住直助尉藤原兼次作之
inaba kuni ju naosuke no jō fujiwara kanetsugu saku kore
KAN2673 Kanetsugu Inaba Keiō (1865-1868)
兼先十二代孫因州住日置兼次作之
kanesaki 12 dai mago inshū ju heki kanetsugu saku kore
KAN268 Kanesada Yamato Ōnin (1467-1469)
藤原包定
fujiwara kanesada
KAN2685 Kanetsugu Mino Eishō (1504-1521)
関住兼次
seki ju kanetsugu
KAN2688 Kanetsugu Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
美濃関住兼次作
mino seki ju kanetsugu saku
KAN2688 Kanetsugu Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
濃州関住兼次作
nōshū seki ju kanetsugu saku
KAN2689 Kanetsugu Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
濃州関善定藤原兼次
nōshū seki zenjō fujiwara kanetsugu
KAN2689 Kanetsugu Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
美濃關住兼次
mino seki ju kanetsugu
KAN2689 Kanetsugu Mino Kanei (1624-1644)
濃州関住兼次作
nōshū seki ju kanetsugu saku
KAN269 Kanesada Yamato Eishō (1504-1521)
大和國南都住藤原包定
yamato kuni nanto ju fujiwara kanesada
KAN269 Kanesada Yamato Eishō (1504-1521)
和州住包定
washū ju kanesada
KAN2694 Kanetsugu Mino Kaei (1848-1854)
濃州関善定藤原兼次
nōshū seki zenjō fujiwara kanetsugu
KAN2694 Kanetsugu Mino Kaei (1848-1854)
美濃関住兼次
mino seki ju kanetsugu
KAN2694 Kanetsugu Mino Kaei (1848-1854)
濃州関兼次
nōshū seki kanetsugu
KAN2698 Kanetsugu Rikuzen Kanbun (1661-1673)
奥州仙臺住兼次
ōshū sendai ju kanetsugu
KAN2699 Kanetsugu Rikuzen Genroku (1688-1704)
奥州仙臺住兼次
ōshū sendai ju kanetsugu
KAN2701 Kanetsugu Rikuzen Kanen (1748-1751)
奥州仙臺住兼次
ōshū sendai ju kanetsugu
KAN2706 Kanetsugu Tajima Genroku (1688-1704)
但州出石住兼次
tanshū ideishi ju kanetsugu
KAN271 Kanesada Yamato Enpō (1673-1681)
河内守包定
kawachi no kami kanesada
KAN2714 Kanetsugu Gunma Shōwa (1926-1989)
兼繼
kanetsugu
KAN2714 Kanetsugu Gunma Shōwa (1926-1989)
龍眠齋兼繼作
ryūminsai kanetsugu saku
KAN273 Kanesada Bizen Einin (1293-1299)
備前國包貞作之
bizen kuni kanesada saku kore
KAN2730 Kanetsuji Mino Kōji (1555-1558)
濃州関住兼辻
nōshū seki ju kanetsuji
KAN274 Kanesada Bizen Eikyō (1429-1441)
備前國包貞
bizen kuni kanesada
KAN2743 Kanetsuna Iwami Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
石州出羽住兼綱
sekishū izuha ju kanetsuna
KAN2744 Kanetsuna Iwami Ōan (1368-1375) ND
石州出羽住兼綱
sekishū izuha ju kanetsuna
KAN2745 Kanetsuna Iwami Ōei (1394-1428)
石州出羽住兼綱
sekishū izuha ju kanetsuna
KAN2747 Kanetsuna Iwami Eishō (1504-1521)
石州出羽住兼綱
sekishū izuha ju kanetsuna
KAN275 Kanesada Bizen Kyōroku (1528-1532)
備州長船包貞
bishū osafune kanesada
KAN2754 Kanetsuna Mino Chōkyō (1487-1489)
濃州関住人兼綱
nōshū seki junin kanetsuna
KAN2755 Kanetsuna Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
美濃關住兼綱作
mino seki ju kanetsuna saku
KAN2755 Kanetsuna Mino Bunmei (1469-1487)
濃州関住兼綱作
nōshū seki ju kanetsuna saku