NIHONTO
JITEN SHINTOHEN LISTING
by TOMITA KIYAMA
This listing of Shinto era swordsmiths utilizes the same ranking method as that of ranking
Sumo wrestlers. It was compiled by Tomita Kiyama in 1933 and published in the Nihonto Jiten Shintohen
in 1935. Many of the smiths listed worked well into the Shinshinto era. This translation was done by Jinsoo Kim and presented here with his kind permission.
The senior, older, established swordsmiths were given special honorary ranking outside the regular east-west blocks.
The remaining swordsmiths were divided into two blocks; east and west, with those of the east block considered of higher rank than
those of the same title in the west block. Within each block the smiths were ranked as "Yokozuna" (highest rank) to
"Maegashira" (lowest rank). In the chart below the provence, prefecture or town in which the smith worked is listed in
parenthesis before his name.
While this ranking system may be of limited value in judging a sword in today's market, it does provide an interesting historical perspective as to how these swordsmiths were viewed in the early part of the 20th Century. This should be taken more as
a simple listing of swordsmiths rather than a ranking based on the skill of the swordsmith or quality of their blades.
LISTING OF SHINTO SWORDSMITHS
| SPECIAL RANKS
Gyoji
(Tokyo) Umetada Myoju
(Edo) Yamaura Minamoto Kiyomaro
(Edo) Omura Kaboku
Gashiratori
(Edo) Suishinshi Masahide
(Osaka) Mutsu no kami Kaneyasu
(Bitchu) Oyogo Kunishige
(Edo) Echizen kuni Yasutsugu
(Sashu) Shumi no kami Yasuyo
Sewanin
(Hizen) Omi daijo Tadahiro
(Edo) Taikei shoji Naotane
(Tokyo) Tamba no kami Yoshimichi
(Osaka) Yamato no kami Yoshimichi
(Tokyo) Umetada Shigeyoshi
Kanjinmoto
(Tokyo) Iga no kami Kinmichi
(Tokyo) Omi no kami Hisamichi
Sashizoenin
(Tokyo) Shimano kami Nobumitsu
(Tokyo) Izumi no kami Kinmichi
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WESTERN BLOCK
Yokozuna
(Hishu) Hizen kuni Tadayoshi
Ozeki
(Osaka) Inoue Shinkai
Sekiwake
(Osaka) Tsuda Echizen no kami Sukehiro
Komusubi
(Osaka) Omi no kami Sukenao
Maegashira
(Tokyo) Hirikawa ju Kuniyasu
(Osaka) Osumi no kami Masahiro
(Kishu) Nanki ju Shigekuni
(Osaka) Kitamado Harukuni
(Osaka) Ise no kami Kuniteru
(Hizen) Tohi Shinryo
(Osaka) Kaga no kami Sadanori
(Aki) Higo no kami Teruhiro
(Ise) Mutsu no kami Toshinaga
(Yamato) Tegai ju Kanekuni
(Sasshu) Satsuyoshi Motohira
(Edo) Hosokawa Masayoshi
(Osaka) Sesshu ju Tadayuki
(Osaka) Kunihira
(Bizen) Kozuke daijo Sukesada
(Osaka) Bizen no kami Sukekuni
(Osaka) Echizen no kami Nobuyoshi
(Osaka) Sesshu ju Suketaka
(Kaga) Darani Katsukuni
(Bungo) Fujiwara Sadayuki
(Satsuma) Izu no kami Masafusa
(Osaka) Iwami no kami Kunisuke
(Edo) Ittaishi Kuniyasu
(Hizen) Harima daijo Tadakuni
(Edo) Kozukenosuke Yoshimasa
(Harima) Fujiwara Uesaku
(Osaka) Tenman mizuta Kunimitsu
(Omi) Sesaki Minamoto Ippo
(Osaka) Tsumbo Nagatsuna
(Osaka) Higo no kami Kuniyasu
(Edo) Musashi Taro Yasukuni
(Owari) Hoki no kami Nobutaka
(Tottori) Inshu Fujiwara Kanemitsu
(Tottori) Shinano daijo Tadakuni
(Tottori) Hamabe Toshinori
(Tokyo) Yamashiro ju Motomichi
(Hizen) Ise daijo Yoshihiro
(Chikuzen) Nobukuni Shigemune
(Hyuga) Kunitomo
(Iyo) Suruga no kami Kunimasa
(Tokyo) Fujiwara Kuniyuki
(Bizen) Hichibejo Sukesada
(Osaka) Wakasa no kami Hiromasa
(Hoki) Hakushu ju Yukikage |
EASTERN BLOCK
Yokozuna
(Tokyo) Shimano no kami Kunihiro
Ozeki
(Edo) Okisato Nyudo Kotetsu
Sekiwake
(Edo) Shigeyoshi
Komusubi
(Osaka) Ikkanshi Tadatsuna
Maegashira
(Edo) Nagasone Okisato
(Tokyo) Higashiyama ju Yoshihira
(Osaka) Sakakura Gonnoshin Terukane
(Osaka) Kawachi no kami Kunisuke
(Tokyo) Echigo no kami Kunitomo
(Tokyo) Dewa daijo Kunimichi
(Edo) Ogasawara Shosai
(Osaka) Tatara Nagayuki
(Tokyo) Etchu no kami Masatoshi
(Mutsu) Sendai ju Kunikane
(Owari) Sagami Nyudo Masatsune
(Mutsu) Sendai ju Yasutomo
(Sashu) Mondonosho Masakiyo
(Osaka) Ishido Tameyasu
(Chikuzen) Nobukuni Shigekane
(Tokyo) Heianjo Hiroyuki
(Osaka) Hitachi kuni Muneshige
(Hizen) Kawachi daijo Masahiro
(Hizen) Dewa no kami Yukihiro
(Kaga) Fujiwara Kanewaka
(Edo) Ishido Korekazu
(Edo) Echizen ju Yasutsugu
(Kaga) Komatsu ju Kanemaki
(Edo) Yamato no kami Yasusada
(Edo) Omi no kami Tsuguhira
(Osaka) Tango no kami Kanemichi
(Edo) Nagasone Okisano
(Sashu) Sashu ju Masayoshi
(Edo) Dewa no kami Minamoto Mitsuhira
(Bungo) Fujiwara Muneyuki
(Sagami) Soshu ju Tsunahiro
(Bizen) Azuma Tamonbe Masashige
(Edo) Hojoji Kunimasa
(Tosa) Mutsu no kami Yoshiyuki
(Edo) Yamashiro no kami Shigetsugu
(Kii) Masaichi Tachibana Yasutsuna
(Osaka) Washu ju Yoshitada
(Hoki) Sainoo Hiroyoshi
(Edo) Kanda Yasunori
(Mino) Koshu ju Kaneiye
(Suruga) Shimada ju Minamoto Yoshisuke
(Umbabashi) Kozuke kuni Yoshihiro
(Echizen) Masashi daijo Yasunaga
(Iyo) Sagami no kami Minamoto Kunitsuna |
(Tokyo) Heianjo Norikuni
(Tokyo) Heianjo Nagayoshi
(Aki) Yoshiyuki
(Bungo) Fujiwara Tomoiye
(Chikuzen) Nobukuni Yoshikane
(Tokyo) Sagamino kami Yoshimichi
(Edo) Terugayama Masashige
(Owari) Hida no kami Ujifusa
(Aki) Minamoto Norifusa
(Osaka) Musashi no kami Kazumichi
(Nagato) Nio Masayuki
(Takata) Fujiwara Shigeyuki
(Takata) Yamashiro daijo Yoshiyuki
(Takata) Yamato daijo Kuniyuki
(Chikuzen) Nobukuni Mitsumasa
(Owari) Rai Kuniharu
(Seki) Tamba no kami Norihiro
(Iyo) Mutsuyama ju Nagakiyo
(Hyuga) Suyetsugu
(Takata) Yamato no kami Nagayuki
(Oshu) Shinto Minamoto Yoshikuni
(Hizen) Fujiwara Tadakiyo
(Hizen) Minamoto Yoshifusa
(Hizen) Tadamasa
(Nagasaki) Kuniyoshi
(Suwo) Nio Kiyotsuna
(Izumo) Fujiwara Fuyuhiro
(Tokushima) Ashu ju Hirotsugu
(Edo) Yamashiro no kami Hidetoki
(Edo) Shimohara ju Yasushige
(Kashu) Iyetsugu
(Mino) Shinano no kami Daido
(Edo) Shimohara ju Terushige
(Echizen) Echizen ju Kanetsune
(Shonai) Ushu ju Nobunaga
(Bishu) Gammaku Ujinobu
(Edo) Daikoku Nobushige
(Echizen) Chiyozuru Munetsugu
(Heian) Inarimaru Kanemichi
(Echizen) Echizen Kanekatsu
(Echizen) Echizen Kanenori
(Bungo) Fujiwara Masayuki
(Seki) Fujiwara Tomoyuki
(Owari) Kawachi no kami Sadayuki
(Seki) Musashi no kami Kiyosada
(Echizen) Echizen ju Kaneshige
(Shibata) Oshu ju Kaneyoshi
(Iyo) Nagatoshi
(Satsuma) Kiyosada
(Settsu) Kogitsunemaru Hiroshige
(Echizen) Shimosaka Tadatsugu
(Iwami) Sekishu ju Tsuguhiro
(Kanazawa) Kashu ju Kageyoshi
(Musashi) Shimohara ju Hiroshige
(Bungo) Fujiwara Kaneyuki
(Seki) Jumyo |
(Edo) Shoji Jirotaro Naokatsu
(Edo) Tajima no kami Sadakuni
(Chikuzen) Minamoto Yoshisada
(Shinshu) Shinshu ju Sukemune
(Edo) Tachibana Masamitsu
(Edo) Izumo daijo Yoshitake
(Edo) Tsushima no kami Tsunemitsu
(Chikuzen) Nobukuni Shigeiye
(Satsuma) Naminohira Yasutomo
(Satsuma) Naminohira Yasutsune
(Shinshu) Fujiwara Nobuiye
(Seki) Yamato no kami Kanekura
(Seki) Inaba no kami Kanetoki
(Echizen) Echizen ju Munetsugu
(Suwo) Fujiwara Takatsuna
(Osaka) Kishu Ujihiro
(Wakasa) Jakushu Fuyuhiro
(Osaka) Tajima no kami Sadanobu
(Bishu) Suruga no kami Morimichi
(Echizen) Musashi no kami Kanenaka
(Kaga) Omi daijo Yukimitsu
(Sakushu) Tsuyama ju Kanekage
(Edo) Hyuku kuni Nyudo Kazutora
(Echizen) Hoki no kami Hirotaka
(Echizen) Ise no kami Kuniyasu
(Osaka) Sesshu ju Minamoto Kuninaga
(Etchu) Etchu ju Shigekiyo
(Kashu) Fujiwara Kanenori
(Kashu) Harima daijo Kiyomitsu
(Bungo) Fujiwara Naoyuki
(Bungo) Fujiwara Tadayuki
(Unshu) Daiminkin
(Kai) Saotome Iyehisa
(Mutsu) Aizu ju Mitsuhide
(Edo) Masashi no kami Tototsune
(Seki) Omi no kami Munetoshi
(Kishu) Ishido Sukeshige
(Kishu) Ishido Sukemichi
(Kishu) Ishido Sukeyuki
(Mutsu) Aizu ju Nagayoshi
(Echizen) Shimosaka
(Echizen) Harima daijo Shigetaka
(Wakayama) Kii kuni Yasushige
(Etchu) Fujiwara Kaneyoshi
(Mino) Fujiwara Yoshikuni
(Yamato) Kanabo Masasane
(Tokyo) Kanabo Tomohira
(Mino) Seki ju Kanekado
(Bungo) Takata Moriyuki
(Suruga) Kaneomaru
(Harima) Munesada
(Echizen) Takahashi Yoshishige
(Etchu) Fujiwara Kaneyoshi
(kaga) Minamoto Kikuhira
(Osaka) Sesshu ju Minamoto Kuninaga
(Owari) Bishu ju Tsurushige |
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