Kanetoki兼辰

Mino province · active 1624-1688

Hawley reference KAN2518
Hawley
15
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)
Tōkō Taikan
¥1.8M
reference market valuation (Tokuno Kazuo, 1977)

Smith record

Active period1624-1688
ProvinceMino
Hawley IDKAN2518

Recorded signatures (mei)

常陸守兼辰作hitachi no kami kanetoki saku
美濃関住常陸守兼辰作mino seki ju hitachi no kami kanetoki saku
武蔵守兼辰作musashi no kami kanetoki saku
濃州関住兼辰nōshū seki ju kanetoki

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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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