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
NOR72 Norihiro Etchū Koto (987-1596)
則弘
norihiro
NOR74 Norihiro Yamato Hōtoku (1449-1452)
大和國葛木山則弘
yamato kuni kazura kiyama norihiro
NOR74 Norihiro Yamato Hōtoku (1449-1452)
大和則弘
yamato norihiro
NOR75 Norihiro Yamato Teiji (1362-1368) ND
大和國則弘
yamato kuni norihiro
NOR76 Norihiro Yamato Kenji (1275-1278)
葛木山大和則弘
kazura kiyama yamato norihiro
NOR77 Norihiro Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備前國住則廣作
bizen kuni ju norihiro saku
NOR77 Norihiro Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船則廣
bishū osafune norihiro
NOR78 Norihiro Echizen Shinto (1596-1781)
河内守則廣
kawachi no kami norihiro
NOR79 Norihiro Ōmi Kanei (1624-1644)
近江國高木住藤原則廣
omi kuni takaki ju fujiwara norihiro
NOR79 Norihiro Ōmi Kanei (1624-1644)
近江守則廣
omi no kami norihiro
NOR8 Norimichi Yamashiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
城州粟田口来法道
jōshū awataguchi rai norimichi
NOR80 Norihiro Ōmi Kanbun (1661-1673)
近江大掾藤原則廣
omi daijō fujiwara norihiro
NOR81 Norihiro Ōmi Kanbun (1661-1673)
河内守則廣
kawachi no kami norihiro
NOR82 Norihiro Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
攝津住富土藤原則廣
settsu ju fuji fujiwara norihiro
NOR83 Norihiro Settsu Kanbun (1661-1673)
攝州住丹羽加賀守則廣
sesshū ju niwa kaga no kami norihiro
NOR84 Norihiro Settsu Jokyō (1684-1688)
丹羽相模守源則廣
niwa sagami no kami minamoto norihiro
NOR85 Norihiro Tamba Jokyō (1684-1688)
相模守源則廣
sagami no kami minamoto norihiro
NOR85 Norihiro Tamba Jokyō (1684-1688)
攝州住丹羽丹波相模守源則廣
sesshū ju niwa tamba sagami no kami minamoto norihiro
NOR86 Norihiro Kanbun (1661-1673)
河内守則廣
kawachi no kami norihiro
NOR89 Norihisa Bizen Kanō (1350-1352) ND
備州長船住則久
bishū osafune ju norihisa
NOR9 Norimichi Yamashiro Jokyō (1684-1688)
城州西岡住来法道
jōshū nishioka ju rai norimichi
NOR90 Norihisa Bizen Kenmu (1334-1338) ND
則久
norihisa
NOR91 Norihisa Bizen Ōei (1394-1428)
備州長船則久
bishū osafune norihisa
NOR92 Norihisa Bizen Kakitsu (1441-1444)
備前國吉井則久
bizen kuni yoshii norihisa
NOR94 Norihisa Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
中越住山上則久
nakagoshi ju yamaue norihisa
NOR94 Norihisa Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
越後住千里則久
echigo ju senri norihisa
NOR94 Norihisa Niigata Shōwa (1926-1989)
山上千里則久
yamaue senri norihisa
NOR95 Noriie Bingo Bunmei (1469-1487)
備後國則家
bingo kuni noriie
NOR96 Noriie Bizen Hōji (1247-1249)
備前國住則家作
bizen kuni ju noriie saku
NOR97 Noriie Bizen Genko (1331-1336)
備前國住則家作
bizen kuni ju noriie saku
NOR98 Noriie Bizen Teiji (1362-1368) ND
備州長船則家
bishū osafune noriie
NOR99 Noriie Kaga Tensho (1573-1592)
加州住藤原則家
kashū ju fujiwara noriie
NU2 Nushimori Bungo Kanshō (1460-1466)
了戒住守作
ryōkai nushimori saku
NY1 Nyoisuke Tosa Keiō (1865-1868)
土州安藝住如意介
toshū aki ju nyoisuke
NYU2 Nyusai Aki Einin (1293-1299)
安藝國入西
aki kuni nyusai
NYU4 Nyusai Aki Einin (1293-1299)
安藝國入西
aki kuni nyusai
NYU5 Nyūsai Chikuzen Einin (1293-1299)
入西
nyūsai
NYU7 Nyusai Kii Koto (987-1596)
入西
nyusai
NYU8 Nyusai Yamato Kagen (1303-1306)
金吾藤原入西法獅
kongo fujiwara nyusai hoshi
O11 Ōmitsu Ise Kaei (1848-1854)
勢州白子住大光
seishū shirako ju ōmitsu
O12 Ōmori Mutsu Manen (1860-1861)
奥州宮床於大森作之
ōshū miyatoko oite ōmori saku kore
O2 Ō Mutsu Eiryaku (1160-1161)
奥州鬼王丸
ōshū ōniō-maru
O8 Ōju Ise Bunsei (1818-1830)
加陽金府住藤原大壽
kayo kinpu ju fujiwara ōju
OKI1 Okimasa Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
塚本一貫齋起正作
tsukamoto ikkansai okimasa saku
OKI1 Okimasa Tokyo Shōwa (1926-1989)
起正作
okimasa saku
OKI10 Okisato Musashi Shōhō (1644-1648)
長曽祢興里入道虎徹
nagasone okisato nyudō kotetsu
OKI10 Okisato Musashi Shōhō (1644-1648)
長曽祢小鍛冶入道興里
nagasone kokaji nyudō okisato
OKI2 Okimitsu Shimane Shōwa (1926-1989)
讃岐國住沖光作
sanuki kuni ju okimitsu saku
OKI6 Okihisa Musashi Enpō (1673-1681)
長曽祢興久
nagasone okihisa
OKI7 Okimasa Musashi Kanbun (1661-1673)
長曽祢虎徹興正
nagasone kotetsu okimasa