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Tamemitsu (TAM69)
Hawley uses (michi) 道 instead of 光 (mitsu). Corrected and verified with NMK [1]. Added signature from NMK.
References
Kuninobu (KUN840)
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
部谷長國延
HASEBE KUNINOBU
reference: MEIHIN KATANAEZU SHUSEI By Tanobe Michihiro p47
Hirosuke (HIR411)
i have wakizashi signed:
島田住廣助
shimada ju hirosuke
Kiyonori (KIY372)
Signatures added.
清則
KIYONORI
備前國住吉井清則
BIZEN (no) KUNI JU YOSHII KIYONORI
Sukemitsu (SUK720)
Fixed. Thanks!
Actually, it should be page 614, not 641
Kanesada (KAN271)
Thanks!
河内守包定
Kawachi (no) Kami Kanesada
Yukihisa (YUK132)
YK644 in Yumei Koto Taikan
Origami issued by the Honami Family.
Kuniie (KUN292)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
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)
His surname is Buichi
His familyname is Takefu
He is a grandson of HIS12
He had a appointment as Rikugun Jumei Tosho
Hidetada (HID177)
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)
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)
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)
His surname was Juji
His rank is Kibin Joi
He had a appointment as a Rikugun Jumei Tosho
Akihira (AKI39)
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