Kanesada兼定

Mino province · active 1555-1573

Hawley reference KAN2041
Hawley
15
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)
Tōkō Taikan
¥3M
reference market valuation (Tokuno Kazuo, 1977)

Smith record

Active period1555-1573
ProvinceMino
Hawley IDKAN2041

Recorded signatures (mei)

濃州清水住和泉守兼定nōshū shimizu ju izumi no kami kanesada
濃州関住兼定作nōshū seki ju kanesada saku
濃州関住兼定三品角左衛門尉作之nōshū seki ju kanesada mishina kadosaemonjō saku kore

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About these ratings

Hawley points come from W. M. Hawley's Japanese Swordsmiths (1981), the standard Western reference cataloguing over 12,000 smiths. Most recorded smiths sit at 15–20 points; only a few dozen legendary masters exceed 150.

Fujishiro grades (from Nihon Tōkō Jiten) rank workmanship from Chū saku up to Sai-jō saku, while the Tōkō Taikan valuation (Tokuno, 1977) reflects each smith's relative market standing in yen. Explore more smiths in the searchable swordsmith index.

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