Kunihide國秀

Suishinshi Masahide school · Uzen province · active 1801-1818

Hawley reference KUN122
Hawley
10
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)
Tōkō Taikan
¥2M
reference market valuation (Tokuno Kazuo, 1977)

Smith record

Active period1801-1818
ProvinceUzen
School / traditionSuishinshi Masahide
Hawley IDKUN122

Recorded signatures (mei)

羽州永居住國秀ushū nagai ju kunihide
米澤臣藤原國秀yonezawa-shin fujiwara kunihide
加藤越後守國秀katō echigo no kami kunihide
越後大掾國秀echigo daijō kunihide

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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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