GENDAI SWORDSMITHS OF MINO


This list of gendai swordsmiths of the Mino region is based on an article by C. Jeffery Wang published in the Japanese Sword Society of the United States Newsletter, May-June 1999 issue. Only the names of the swordsmiths are presented here; additional information is contained in the original article. The following swordsmiths of the Mino region are known to have made swords in the traditional manner (gendaito).

  • Noshu ju Akihira
  • Akikane
    Noshu Shizu Akikane
    Also signed as:
    Minamoto Munefusa
    Noshu Shizu ju nin Minamoto Mitsukane
  • Noshu ju Kuriyama Kaneaki
  • Fujiwara Kanefusa (23rd generation)
  • Kanehide
    Noshu ju Kanehide
    Noshu Seki ju Kanehide
  • Noshu Seki ju Kanekuni
  • Kanemasa
  • Kanemichi
    Noshu Seki ju Kanemichi
    Noshu Seki ju Koshima Kanemichi
  • Kanemoto (27th generation)
  • Watanabe Kanenaga
    Noshu Seki ju Watanabe Kanenaga
    Mino Seki ju Watanabe Kanenaga
  • Noshu ju Nara Tairo Fujiwara Kanenaga
    (not the same as Watanabe Kanenaga)
  • Kanenari
    Seki ju Kanenari
    Noshu Seki ju Kanenari
  • Noshu ju Tanba Kanenobu
  • Noshu Seki ju Kanenori
  • Noshu ju nin Morida Kaneshige
  • Mino Kuni Seki ju Kanetaka
  • Kanetoki
    Seki ju Kanetoki
    Noshu Seki ju Kanetoki
    Seki ju Fujiwara Kanetoki
  • Kaneyoshi
  • Masafusa
  • Fujiwara Takao

NOTE: Many of the above swordsmiths also produced swords by non-traditional methods. Each blade must be judged on its own merits and not simply on the signature (mei). Swords with arsenal marks (except star stamps) should be considered non-traditionally made (not gendaito).

Thanks to C. Jeffery Wang for providing much needed research in the area of Mino region gendai swordsmiths.


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