Tadamitsu忠光
Bizen province · active 1480-1487
Hawley reference TAD122Smith record
| Era | Bunmei (1469-1487) |
| Active period | 1480-1487 |
| Province | Bizen |
| Hawley ID | TAD122 |
Recorded signatures (mei)
備前國長船彦兵衛尉忠光於作州飯岡喞作之bizen kuni osafune hikobejō tadamitsu oite saku-shū iioka-go saku kore
備前國住長船忠光彦兵衛作bizen kuni ju osafune tadamitsu hikobe saku
備州長船忠光彦兵衛作bishū osafune tadamitsu hikobe saku
備前長船忠光bizen osafune tadamitsu
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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.
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