WWII Japanese Swordsmiths Ranking


The material on this page was researched, translated and programmed by Dr. Jinsoo Kim


In 1942, Kurihara Hikosaburo, the man who revived the Japanese Sword twice, reported about 400 gunto tosho's ranking at Tosho Banzuke (“ ”Ô•). He classified as 7 ranks and included lots of wartime swordsmiths. In additon, winners of the 6th Shinsaku Nihonto Denrankai (Vì“ú–{““WæT˜ð, 1941) were reported at Nihon Kendo Oyobi Token (“ú–{™˜“¹‹y“™˜) by Hagio Takahashi. From Special Honor Seats to the 5th seat (S: “Á•Ê–¼æ£È(’b“ã` ), 1: š H, 2: €š H, 3:—DG, 4:‰Àì, 5: Vi), about 250 smiths were given. Both references enable us to investigate their standing and very valueable information in Gendaito research.

Åãì SAIJO SAKU
=_•i‚Ì—ñ (Shinbin no Retsu)=


  • –xˆä rG (Horii Toshihide) S
  • ‚‹´ ‹`@ (Takahashi Yoshimune) S
  • ŽÄ“c ‰Ê (Shibata Ka) S
  • ‚‹´ ’原 (Takahashi Sadatsugu) S
  • ŒŽŽR ’åŸ (Gassan Sadakatsu)
  • ‹{Œû šæœA (Miyaguchi Toshihiro) S
  • “nç² Œ“‰i (Watanabe Kanenaga)
  • Ÿ‘º ³Ÿ (Katsumura Masakatsu) S
  • ‰z… ·r (Koshimizu Moritoshi I)
  • ‹I ­s (Ki Masayuki)
  • ’·‰^Ö š Œõ (Chounsai Kunimitsu)
  • “V“c ’å‹g (Amada Sadayoshi)

ããì (JOJO SAKU)
= ‹M•iãˆÊ (Kibin Joi) =


  • ‹gŒ´ éˆÐ (Yoshihara Nobutake) S
  • HŒ³ º—F (Akimoto Akitomo) S
  • ’†”ö ’‰ŽŸ (Nakao Tadatsugu) S
  • ŠŽR •“¿ (Kajiyama Takenori) S
  • ¬ŽR MŒõ (Koyama Nobumitsu) S
  • Îˆä º–[ (Ishii Akifusa) S
  • ¡–ì º@ (Konno Akimune) S
  • ‘ºã “¹­ (Murakami Michimasa) S
  • ‰Á“¡ —Sš  (Kato Sukekuni) S
  • ŸNˆä ³ŽŸ (Sakurai Masatsugu)
  • ‚‹´ M–[ (Takahashi Nobufusa VII) S
  • ˆîŠ_ ›’Œc (Inagaki Masanori)
  • ¬‹{ š Œõ (Komiya Kunimitsu) S
  • ‰Á“¡ áÁš  (Kato Sanekuni)
  • ¬—Ñ @Œõ (Kobayashi Munemitsu)
  • ‰„šæ ‹X”É (Enju Nobushige)
  • ‹I ­ŽŸ (Ki Masatsugu)
  • ‰““¡ Œõ‹N (Endo Mitsuoki) S
  • ²“¡ º‘¥ (Sato Akinori) S
  • ŽçŽŸ ‘¥’è (Moritsugu Norisada) S
  • ‰«–{ š ’‰ (Okimoto Kunitada I) 1
  • ‰z… ·r (Koshimizu Moritoshi II) 1
  • ¡ˆä ’åd (Imai Sadashige) S
  • ŒŽŽR ’åŒõ (Gassan Sadamitsu)
  • ˆäã ’å•ï (Inoue Sadakane) S
  • •“¡ GO (Muto Hidehiro) 1
  • ŽRã º‹v (Yamakami Akihisa)  S
  • ’Ë–{ ‹N³ (Tsukamoto Okimasa) 2
  • ¡ò rŒõ (Imaizumi Toshimitsu) 1  
  • •x“c —SO (Tomita Sukehiro) S
  • ¼—Ñ ­d (Matsubayashi Masashige) S
  • ––ŽŸ ”ÉŒõ (Suetsugu Shigemitsu) S
  • ‚‹´ GŽŸ (Takahashi Hidetsugu) 1
  • ŒÃ‰ê –¯‘  ‹vš  (Koga Tamijo  Hisakuni) 1
  • ’}Ž‡ “ü“¹ ³‹ß (Chikushi Nyudo Masachika)

 

ãì (JO SAKU)
= ‹M•i‚Ì—ñ (Kibin no Retsu) =


  • “¡“c ’‰Œõ (Fujita Tadamitsu) 1
  • ‹{“ü º•½ (Miyairi Akihira) 1
  • ”¦–ì ºM (Hatano Akinobu) S
  • 㑺 ’å´ (Uemura Sadakiyo) S
  • ŒÜ\—’ ºŒõ (Ikarashi Akimitsu) 2
  • áÁ“ç ‹`G (Manabe Yoshihide)
  • ‹Ë•£ Œ“—F (Kiribuchi Kanetomo) 1
  • “ú‰º•” d“¹ (Kusakabe Shigemichi) S
  • “¡–Ø ½’‰ (Fujiki Masatada) 1
  • HŒ³ ’å—F (Akimoto Sadatomo) 2
  • éŒËè ‰„–[ (Kidosaki Nobufusa)
  • ŽçŽŸ s@ (Moritsugu Yukimune) 2
  • ŒG•” ’‰—˜ (Kumabe Tadatoshi (=‰_³)) 2
  • ŽRã •x—˜ (Yamakami Tomitoshi)
  • –x“c “ìš  (Horita Minakuni) 2
  • ‘å] O‚ (Ooe Hirotaka) 1
  • ‘«—§ ’·•q (Adachi Nagatoshi)
  • ŠÖ–{ —Š³ (Sekimoto Yorimasa) S
  • “V’Ã ³´ (Amatsu Masakiyo) 1
  • “¡Œ´ Œ“–[ (Fujiwara Kanefusa) 1
  • ’¹¶ ”Ž³ (Torio Hiromasa) 1
  • ‚‹´ Œi–[ (Takahashi Kagefusa)
  • 쓇 ’‰‘P (Kawashima Tadayoshi I) 1
  • X •Œõ (Mori Takemitsu) 1
  • ‹gŒ´ ³áÁ (Yoshihara Masazane) 2
  • •½ ³‚ (Taira Masataka)
  • ¬“‡ Œ““¹ (Kojima Kanemichi) S
  • ‰““¡ ’©–ç (Endo Tomonari) 2
  • ‰Á“¡ Œ“š  (Kato Kanekuni)
  • ¼Œ´ Œ“‹g (Matsubara Kaneyoshi)
  • ‹v•Ûˆä ­M (Kuboi Masnobu) 1
  • “¡Œ´ ˆê‘¥ (Fujiwara Kazunori) 1
  • ’†“‡ ŽG (Nakajima Ujihide) 1
  • ã–ã’ Œ“ã (Koketsu Kanekami) 1
  • ’|‰º ‘ך  (Takeshita Yasukuni) 1
  • ˆé•” ³œA (Isobe Masahiro)
  • ·‚ –õ”Ž (Moritaka Yasuhiro) 1
  • ‹v•Ûˆä —Ä”E (Kuboi Ryonin)
  • ¬’J •ï‹` (Kotani Kaneyoshi) 1
  • •Ÿ“c ³Œõ (Fukuda Masamitsu) 1
  • ‚–ì ³Œ“ (Takano Masakane) 1
  • ’†“‡ ‘FG (Nakajima Masahide (=G“T)) 1
  • ¬“‡ Œº•Ö (Kojima Genbusai (=d–[))
  • Œ´ ‰«Œõ (Hara Okimitsu I) 2
  • Š“c ŽçŒõ (Kajita Morimitsu) 2
  • X˜e XŒõ (Moriwaki Morimitsu)
  • ‰Á“¡ PN (Sato Tsuneyasu) 1
  • ’|“‡ ‹vŸ (Takeshima Hisakatsu)
  • ŸNˆä ³K (Sakurai Masayuki)

 

’†ãì (CHUJO SAKU)
= ãH‚ÌãˆÊ (Joko no Joi) =


  • ‹e’n š ‰„ (Kikuchi Kuninobu) 3
  • ‰«ŽÅ ³ŽŸ (Okishiba Masatsugu) 1
  • –؉º ‹g’‰ (Kinoshita Yoshitada) 1
  • ˆäŒ´ ‹PG (Ihara Teruhide (Kametaro)) 1
  • ‰«ŽÅ ‹g’å (Okishiba Yoshisada) 1
  • ¡ˆä @d (Imai Muneshige)
  • ˆäŒû º’å (Iguchi Akisada (=’åˆê)) 2
  • Žá—Ñ d–[ (Wakabayashi Shigefusa)
  • “cŒû ³ŽŸ (Taguchi Masatsugu) 2
  • ’†—Ñ ºF (Nakabashi Akitaka(=’å@) 3
  • “¡‘º š r (Fujimura Kunitoshi) 3
  • ¬ŽR M–[ (Koyama Nobufusa(=MG)) 4
  • ‰«–{ š ’‰ (Okimoto Kunitada II)
  • “¡“c º‹g (Fujita Akiyoshi)
  • ‹ß“¡ ºš  (Kondo Akikuni) 2
  • ‰Á“¡ áÁ•½ (Kato Sanehira) 2
  • “ñ“‚ ºO (Nito Akihiro)
  • ¡ˆä ‹vŽŸ (Imai Hisatsugu)
  • Žá—Ñ ºšæ (Wakabayashi Akitoshi) 2
  • ¡ˆä ’å˜Z (Imai Sadaroku) 2
  • X ³‹» (Mori Masaoki)
  • –Ø“‡ š Œõ (Kijima Kunimitsu)
  • –xˆä MG (Horii Nobuhide) 2
  • ŽRŒû ŒõœA (Yamaguchi Mitsuhirio) 1
  • ‚’Ë ³ŽŸ (Takatsuka Masatsugu) 2
  • ŽÄ“c š Œõ (Shibata Kunimitsu) 5
  • ‹à’J Ÿ³ (Kanaya Katsumasa) 2
  • •Ê•{ ´s (Beppu Kiyoyuki)
  • ŒI“c ³Œõ (Kurita Masamitsu) 2
  • ‹v•Ûˆä ‹P­ (Kuboi Terumasa) 1
  • “¡Œ´ ‘¥ŽŸ (Fujiwara Noritsugu) 5
  • ¬“‡ Œ“‘¥ (Kojima Kanenori) 1
  • “cç² š –F (Tanabe Kuniyoshi)
  • ¬“¡ OŒõ (Kofuji Hiromitsu) 2
  • ~Šø —F–› (Furuhata Tomomaro) 2
  • ‘‘“c ³–[ (Shoda Masafusa) 3
  • ˆäŒ´ ‹P‹g (Ihara Teruyoshi) 2
  • ‘å–ì š Ë (Ono Kuniyoshi) 3
  • a’J ‹PŸ (Shibutani Terukatsu) 2
  • ŒÃ‰ê ‹vš  (Koga Hisakuni)
  • ŽR’n –’‹g (Yamaji Matayoshi)
  • ‹{é Žçš  (Miyagi Morikuni) 5
  • ‹v•Ûˆä ‘Pì (Kuboi Yoshisaku)
  • Îˆä ’‰º (Ishii Tadaaki) 4
  • —é–Ø š Œc (Suzuki Kuniyoshi) 4
  • 㑺 ’åšæ (Uemura Sadatoshi) 4
  • –xì š ˆÐ (Horikawa Kunitake)
  • ŸNˆä _š  (Sakurai Kiyokuni)
  • •“¡ ‹vœA (Muto Hisahiro)
  • •x‰i —´‰F (Tominaga Ryuu)
  • ‰Á“¡ —SN (Kato Sukeyasu)
  • –xì eŒõ (Horikawa Chikamitsu)
  • ”nê ºã‹ (Baba Akitsugu)
  • Š‘º º–M (Kajimura Akikuni (=ºš )) 4
  • ‘¾“c eG (Ohta Chikahide) 1
  • “¡Œ´ ‘P‹à (Fujiwara Yoshikane) 3
  • X‰º ‰Fšæ (Morishita Ujiyu) S
  • ŽRã @—˜ (Yamakami Munetoshi)
  • ŽÂ–Ø ³“¹ (Shinoki Masamichi)
  • –Ø“‡ š Œõ (Kijima Kunimitsu) 5
  • ‹{–{ ’åG (Miyamoto Sadahide)
  • ––ŽŸ Œª‰î (Suetsugu Kensuku)
  • ²“¡ ´Ÿ (Sato Kiyokatsu) 2
  • M‘¾ •ŸŽ¡ (Shida Fukuharu) 

’†ì (CHU SAKU)
= ãH‚Ì—ñ (Joko no Retsu) =


  • ”’Î @d (Shiraishi Muneshige) 2
  • ²“¡ d‘¥ (Sato Shigenori)
  • Ôì š • (Akagawa Kunitake) 4
  • •½ˆä Ž‘Œì (Hirai Sukemori) 2
  • ’r“c š ’‰ (Ikeda Kunitada) 2
  • –ì“c Žçš  (Noda Morikuni) 5
  • –؉º ‹gG (Kinoshita Yoshihide) 2
  • ‘ºŽR Œ“r (Murayama Kanetoshi) 2
  • Œã“¡ Œ“Œõ (Goto Kanemitsu)
  • ùŒ´ Md (Sasahara Nobushige) 2
  • –؉º ‹g’‰ (Kinoshita Yoshitada)
  • X“c Œ“d (Morita Kaneshige) 2
  • “›ˆä ´Œ“ (Tsutsui Kiyokane) 3
  • ó–ì Œ“áÁ (Asano Kanezane) 2
  • ‰Á“¡ šæ–½ (Kato Jumyo) 2
  • ¬• @œA (Oguro Munehiro) 5
  • ‘å’Î •ïŽ¡ (Otsuki Kaneharu) 2
  • ŠŒ´ œAŒõ (Kajihara Hiromitsu) 3
  • ’· ’‰Œõ (Osa Tadamitsu)
  • ’Ë–{ ´˜a (Tsukamoto Kiyokazu) 4
  • “c’† º· (Tanaka Akimori)
  • ŒIŽR Œ“–¾ (Kuriyama Kaneaki) 2
  • Œ³‘º •ÛœA (Motomura Yasuhiro) 2
  • ‰¡“c ³—¯ (Yokota Masatome) 4
  • œ\d ‘P´ (Yaju Yoshikiyo) 4
  • ‘åÀ Ÿr (Onuma Katsutoshi)
  • X ‹eˆê (Mori Kikuichi) 3
  • ŽO—Ö Œ“—F (Miwa Kanetomo) 2
  • •ŽR ‹`® (Takeyama Yoshinao) 2
  • “yŠò —ºM (Toki Sukenobu) 2
  • Γn š šæ (Ishiwata Kunitoshi)
  • ’ç ·Œõ (Tsutsumi Morimitsu)
  • …–ì ³”Í (Mizuno Masanori) 4
  • ‹àŽq —FG (Kaneko Tomohide) 5
  • ¬è ’©‹g (Osaki Tomoyoshi) 3
  • ’O”g Œ“‹v (Tanba Kanehisa) 3
  • Œã“¡ •ï•½ (Goto Kanehira)
  • •Ÿ–{ “VG (Fukumoto Amahide) 3
  • ‘Å“c Œ“šæ (Uchida Kanetoshi)
  • ‚–Ø ‹`’¼ (Takagi Yoshinao) 4
  • ŽR’n ³‹v (Yamaji Masahisa)
  • áÁ–ì ³‘× (Mano Masayasu) 4
  • ˜aò ’©‹g (Izumi Tomoyoshi) 2
  • ¼–{ ’åŒõ (Matsumoto Sadamitsu) 1
  • ÂŽR ³G (Aoyama Masahide)
  • ¼’J Œ“Œõ (Nishitani Kanemitsu) 4
  • ’ˉz Œ“t (Tsukagoe Kaneharu(=㋉„)) 4
  • ’ËŒ´ Œ“ŽŸ (Tsukahara Kanetsugu) 4
  • ŽÂ“c Ž–[ (Shinoda Ujifusa) 3
  • ‰ª“c Œ“‹` (Okada Kaneyoshi) 4
  • 쑺 KŒõ (Kawamura Yukimitsu) 5
  • HŽR Œ“M (Akiyama Kanenobu) 4
  • ¡ˆä ´d (Imai Kiyoshige(=’åd II)) 5
  • ŒIŽR Œ“W (Kuriyama Kaneaki (Sankouo))
  • ²“¡ K•½ (Sato Yukihira) 4
  • ¬ì ŠO“¡ (Ogawa Tofuji) 5
  • ‰ª“¡ Ÿ (Okafuji Masaru) 5
  • ‹{Œû GŽŸ (Miyaguchi Hidetsugu) 2
  • “nç² ’原 (Watanabe Sadatsugu)
  • ‹T“ü ³—Y (Kamei Masao) 4
  • “¡–Ø ŽO•v (Fujimoto Mitsuo)
  • â–{ ‹eŒõ (Sakamoto Kikumitsu) 4
  • ‹´–{ •‘¥ (Hashimoto Takenori) 4
  • ˆé•” ‹`M (Isobe Yoshinobu) 3
  • “¡ˆä •Û–[ (Fujii Yasufusa)
  • ¬—Ñ ’¼ŽŸ (Kobayashi Naotsugu) 2
  • ˆÀ•” š ˜a (Abe Kunikazu)
  • •Ÿ“‡ ‘P’è (Fukujima Yoshisada) 4
  • •Ÿ“c ‹gŒõ (Fukuda Yoshimitsu) 4
  • ‰º“c ‰ÃŒõ (Shitada Yoshimitsu) 4
  • “c’† ‹gŒõ (Tanaka Yoshimitsu) 4
  • ‘ºŽR Œ“d (Murayama Kaneshige)
  • ‰Í‡ Œ“‹` (Kawai Kaneyoshi) 2

 

ՠ伓 (CHUGE SAKU)
= —ÇH‚ÌãˆÊ (Ryoko no Joi) =


  • Œã“¡ Œ“œA (Goto Kanehiro ) 4
  • ¬ò Nd (Koizumi Yasushige)
  • ŽR–{ GáÁ (Yamamoto Hidezane )
  • ’†‘º LŽŸ (Nakamura Okitsugu)
  • ¬¼ —v‹g (Komatsu Akiyoshi) 3
  • …‰z œAŒõ (Mizukoshi Hiromitsu)
  • ’†“c º“¿ (Nakata Akinori) 4
  • X‰ª ³‘¸ (Morioka Masataka)
  • ‰ª“c Œ“’è (Okada Kanesada)
  • ŒIŽR Œ“¹ (Kuriyama Kanemasa) 4
  • ¬ì Œ“æ (Ogawa Kanemitsu)
  • –ìŠÔ ³“¹ (Noma Masamichi)
  • ‰ª“‡ ³’‰ (Okajima Masatada)
  • ¡ˆä Œ“ã‹ (Imai Kanetsugu) 3
  • •Ÿ“‡ ’èŒõ (Fukujima Sadamitsu)
  • ˆäŒË Gr (Ido Hidetoshi)
  • ŒI–Ø Œ“³ (Kuriki Kanemasa) 5
  • ‹g–ì š ã‹ (Yoshino Kunitsuna)
  • –xˆä ˆûŽŸ (Horii Tanetsugu)
  • “nç² •ÛG (Watanabe Yasuhide)
  • ÀàV rŒõ (Numazawa Toshimitsu) 5
  • –Ø‘º Œ“d (Kimura Kaneshige) 5
  • ¼‰i Œõ•Û (Matsunaga Mitsuyasu) 5
  • ’·”ö —¤‰œ (Nagao Michinoku) 5
  • ’·”ö š œA (Nagao Kunihiro)
  • ‘¾“c ’‰´ (Ohta Tadakiyo) 5
  • •Ÿ“c ’‰•Û (Fukuda Tadayasu) 5
  • ŽÄ“c ˆê—S (Shibata Kazusuke) 5
  • ‰Z¶ ºP (Uryu Akitsune)
  • ŒÃ‰ê Œï‘¢ (Koga Koitsuku)
  • ”ÑÀ ºr (Inuma Akitsoshi) 5
  • X“c Œ“d (Morita Kaneshige)
  • ‹« ­ŽŸ (Sakai Masatsugu) 5
  • ‹gŒ© ‘׎Ÿ (Yoshimi Yasutsugu)
  • •½ˆä áÁŸ (Hirai Sanezumi)
  • ‚ˆä ’原 (Takai Sadatsugu) 5
  • ‹g“c Œ“–å (Yoshida Kanekado) 5
  • ¼ŽR ”~t (Matsumura Umeharu)
  • ’·’Jì —S@ (Hasegawa Sukemune) 5
  • 쓇 áÁ (Kawashima Makoto) 5
  • ]–D Œõ’‰ (Enui Mitsutada) 5
  • “¡ˆä Œ““¡ (Fujii Kanefuji) 5
  • ]–{ ˆê•ô (Emoto Ippo) 5
  • ŽÄ“c ³O (Shibata Masahiro) 5
  • ‹Ë•£ Œ“@ (Kiribuchi Kanemune) 5
  • ŽO‰Y š Œõ (Miura Kunimitsu)
  • ŽO‰Y ³Œõ (Miura Masamitsu)
  • ‰Á“¡ F—Y (Kato Takao) 4
  • ‰““¡ ‰iŒõ (Endo Nagamitsu)
  • •Ÿ–{ Œ“@ (Fukumoto Kanemune)
  • ²“¡ Žçš  (Sato Morikuni)
  • áÁ–ì š ‘× (Mano Kuniyasu) 5
  • Œ‹é @Œõ (Yuki Munemitsu) 5
  • ’†Œ´ “¿Ÿ (Nakahara Norikatsu) 5
  • ¬ì ‹àŠÛ (Ogawa Kanemaru) 5
  • ”ª–Ø ‹`‹à (Yagi Yoshikane) 5
  • Ž›–{ ê§ (Teramoto Sentaka(=’·ŽO?¶)) 5
  • ‹{è @³ (Miyazaki Munemasa) 5
  • —é–Ø ³Ÿ (Suzuki Masakatsu) 4
  • ²“¡ ’å–¾ (Sato Sadaaki) 5
  • “c‘º º—² (Tamura Akitaka)
  • Îˆä ’‰–Î (Ishii Tadashige)
  • ––ŽŸ Œª‰î (Suetsugu Kensuku)
  • “¡“c ­”ü (Fujita Masayoshi)
  • ˆÉ“¡ š –L (Ito Kunitoyo)
  • áÁ“c ´Œõ (Sanada Kiyomitsu)
  • ÎŒ´ š Œõ (Ihara Kunimitsu)
  • ¬ò ’·‘P (Koizumi Nagayoshi) 4
  • ˆÀÖ P‘  (Anzai Kozo)
  • âè ¼‹g (Sakazaki Matsuyoshi)
  • âè WŽO (Sakazaki Hiromi)

 

伓 (GE SAKU)
= —ÇH‚Ì—ñ (Ryoko no Retsu) =


  • ŽR’† Ÿ‹g (Yamanaka Katsuyoshi)
  • ‹à’J ŸG (Kanetani Katsuhiro)
  • ¬’J ‹`‹v (Kotani Yoshihisa)
  • –ì˜C ³‘¥ (Noro Masanori)
  • ’JŒû ³Œ“ (Taniguchi Masakane) 4
  • “¡ˆä Œ“‰¹ (Fujii Kaneoto)
  • ˆäŒË Gr (Ido Hidetoshi)
  • ¬X œA—˜ (Komori Hirotoshi)
  • ²Œõ MŒõ (Sako Nobumitsu)
  • ŒKŒ´ ’‰O (Kuwabara Tadahiro)
  • ŽRì èc”V• (Yamagawa Tetsunosuke)
  • –öŒ´ GŒõ (Yanahara Hidemitsu)
  • ㌴ —FŒõ (Kamihara Tomomitsu)
  • “¡Œ´ ‹à–¾ (Fujiwara Kaneaki)
  • ŒKŒ´ ‰i‘¥ (Kuwabara Norinaga)
  • ì£ @–[ (Kawase Munefusa)
  • ’·”ö “¹áÁ (Nagao Michizane)
  • ¬—Ñ š “¹ (Kobayashi Kunimichi) 4
  • X š r (Mori Kunitoshi)
  • ˆÀì rŽŸ (Yasukawa Toshitsugu)
  • ¬‹{ š ˆÀ (Komiya Kuniyasu)
  • ¬‹{ š Ž¡ (Komiya Kuniharu)
  • •s”j Œ“Žá (Fuwa Kanewaka)
  • ‘åàV Œ“‹v (Osawa Kanehisa)
  • ‚è ‹à”É (Takasaki Kaneshige)
  • ’Ë–{ ³Œõ (Tsukamoto Masamitsu)
  • ”ª‘ã G@ (Yatsushiro Hidemune)
  • ‘Oì Œ“ŽŸ (Maegawa Kanetsugu)
  • ˆÉ“¡ G”É (Ito Hideshige)
  • ‘å“Œ •ŽŸ (Daito Suketsugu)
  • ‚‹´ Œ“’è (Takahashi Kanesada)
  • ”Ñ’Ë Œ“š  (Itsuka Kanekuni)
  • ‘Šì Œ“‹ß (Aikawa Kanechika)
  • ¼”ö ‹g“T (Matsuo Yoshinori)
  • ’†“‡ ’‰r (Nakajima Tadatoshi)
  • “¡“c ‹`‹P (Fujita Yoshiteru)
  • ‘¾“c ‹`O (Ohta Yoshihiro)
  • ‹g“c Œ“Ž (Yoshida Kaneuji)
  • Žðˆä Ž¡@ (Sakai Harumune)
  • Žðˆä ’‰K (Sakai Tadayuki)
  • Žðˆä ³r (Sakai Masatoshi)
  • ‰«–{ ‹`‘¥ (Okimoto Yoshinori)
  • “yˆä ¸ (Doi Noboru)
  • Žº’n ³Ÿ (Murochi Masakatsu)
  • ‹g“c M´ (Yoshida Nobukiyo)
  • ’†‘º Žç–[ (Nakamura Morifusa)
  • “c‘ã —FŒì (Tashiro Tomomori)
  • ‹e’n ‰„ŽŸ (Kikuchi Nobutsugu)
  • Žáè ‰„d (Wakasaki Nobushige)
  • ‚‹´ ‰„Œõ (Takahashi Nobumitsu)
  • óˆä•q³ (Asai Toshimasa)
  • ŽO•i ‹`–¾ (Mishina Yoshiaki)
  • ŽR–{ ³G (Muramoto Masahide)
  • ²“¡ ‰i¶ (Sato Naganari)
  • ˆÉ“¡ ‹`—Y (Ito Yoshio)
  • ‰ªè ³”ª (Okazaki Masahachi)
  • ‘‘“c ³ŠÑ (Shoda Masatsura)
  • •Ð‰ª š œA (Kataoka Kunihiro)
  • ‹g“c ˜\˜N (Yoshida Rokuro)
  • ’J‰ª ‘׎Ÿ (Tanioko Yasutsugu)
  • ¬àV ³K (Ozawa Masayuki)
  • Œ´“c —Fd (Harada Tomoshige)
  • ’|“à š –Î (Takeuchi Kaneshige)
  • ˆÀ“¡ Žçs (Ando Moriyuki)
  • ’†ŽR d•v (Nakayama Shigeo)
  • ‰«ŽÅ ³š  (Okishiba Masakuni) 4
  • ¬àV ³M (Ozawa Masanobu)
  • ¬Œ´ Žç@ (Ohara Morimune)
  • ‹ß“¡ ŽO‘㎡ (Kondo Miyoji)
  • ‘‘‰Á Œ“r (Shoka Kanetoshi)
  • ‚‹´ MŽŸ (Takahashi Nobutsugu)
  • ‚‹´ Mr (Takahashi Nobutoshi)
  • Žá¼ MK (Wakamatsu Nobuyuki)
  • Š™“c Mt (Kamata Nobuharu)
  • ’†ì M³ (Nakagawa Nobumasa)
  • HŽR Œ“M (Akiyama Kanenobu)
  • “›ˆä ´ˆê (Tsutsui Kiyokazu)
  • “›ˆä ´³ (Tsutsui Kiyomasa)
  • “¡Œ´ •Û–[ (Fujiwara Yasufusa)
  • Œã“¡ žÄŽ¡ (Goto Yoshiharu)
  • ‰““¡ žÄŽ¡ (Endo Yoshiharu)
  • ¬–ì ŽO˜Y (Ono Saburo)
  • X O (Mori Hiroshi)
  • ŽR–{ ’ʈê (Yamamoto Michikazu)
  • ŽR–{ d‘P (Yamamoto Shigeyoshi)
  • ˆé•”  ³M (Isobe Masanobu)
  • —Lâ ”n\˜N (Arisaka Majuro)
  • •ŽR ‹`b (Takeyama Yoshiomi)
  • ¬—Ñ ’¼¼ (Kobayashi Naomatsu)
  • ¬àV  ³”V (Ozawa Masayuki)
  • “c’† M–[ (Tanaka Nobufusa)
  • ‘“c ›‰ŽŸ (Hayata Sanetsugu)
  • ‘å‹v•Û Œõ (Okubo Hiraki)
  • –ì“c ‹gš  (Noda Yoshikuni)
  • ¬‰®¼ ’‰d (Koyamatsu Tadashige)
  • ¼–{ ’åŒõ (Matsumoto Sadamitsu)
  • ˆÄ‰Y ³•ï (Annoura Masakane)
  • ‹{Œû ’‰G (Miyaguchi Tadahide)
  • —é–Ø NŒ³ (Suzuki Yasumoto)

 


These smiths below were winners of the Shinsaku Nihonto Denrankai held in 1941 but missed in Hikosaburo's Tosho Banzuke.

2 (€š H)

 ‹gŒ´ š “W (Yoshihara Kuninobu)
 ’|Œ´ @Œõ (Takehara Munemitsu)
 ’ô ³Ž¡ (Ikari Masaharu)
 

3 (—DG)

 –{“‡ ˆÀ‹g (Motojima Yasuyoshi)

4 (‰Àì)

    “cŒû ’‰s (Taguchi Tadayuki)
    Šâ“c ‹à–L (Iwata Kanetoyo)
    ¬—Ñ ‘PŽŸ (Kobayashi Sadatsugu (=’å‘P))
    “V’n ³P (Amachi Masatsune)
    “c’† ³š  (Tanaka Masakuni)
    “ñ“‚ ‹`M (Nito Yoshinobu)
    ’Øˆä ‰ÃG (Tsuboi Yoshihide)
    “¡“c ‹g•ï (Fujita Yoshikane)
    ˜hŒ© Œ“Z (Washimi Kanezumi)
    {‰i º‹` (Sunaga Akiyoshi)
    ’·‘º Œ“?C (Nagamura Kanekiyo(=?Cé?))
    ŒËàV –Fš  (Tozawa Yoshikuni)

5 (Vi)

    ¬’J–ì d’¼ (Koyano Shigenao)
    M–Ø ‘PŒ³ (Funaki Yoshimoto)
    Œ³‘º Œ“Œ³ (Motomura Kanemoto)
    ’Ë–{ ³˜a (Tsukamoto Masakazu)
    Œã“¡ Œ“‘ã (Goto Kaneshiro)
    Šì @r (Kajikawa Munetoshi)
    ’|“à Œ“³ (Takeuchi Kanemasa)
    —Ñ•” Œ\É (Hayashibe Kiyotada)
    ¼ŽR ‰Ã‘¥ (Matsuyama Yoshinori)
    ‰Z¶ MœA (Uryu Nobuhiro)
    ŽRè ’å’© (Yamazaki Sadatomo)
    Šâ‰i ³G (Iwanaga Masahide)
    êd–ì ‹Pšæ (Shiono Terutoshi)
    ‹g“c Œ“‹g (Yoshida Kaneyoshi)
    ’·”ö š é (Nagao Kunishiro)
    ‰Á“¡ Œ“Ž¡ (Kato Kaneharu)
    ‹gì —Ç—² (Yoshikawa Yoshitaka)
    X“c Œ“–[ (Morita Kanefusa)
    ¬Œ´ çM (Ohara Senshu)
    ’JŒû ‹`•ï (Taniguchi Yoshikane)
    ˆäã Ms (Inoue Nobuyuki)
    Šâ–ì š é (Iwano Kuninobu)
    ‘å’Ë ’‰Œõ (Otsuka Tadamitsu)
    ‹v•Û“c Œ“?C (Kubota Kanekiyo)
    M“c ‰„š  (Nobuta Nobukuni)
    ‰«–ì ³r (Okino Masatoshi)
    ’O‰H O“¹ (Niwa Hiromichi)
    ¬’J ‹`ã‹ (Kotani Yoshitsugu)
    ‰Á“¡ “s’j (Kato Kunio)
     


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