Kunihiro國廣
Umetada school · Kōzuke province · active 1576-1612
Hawley reference KUN203Smith record
| Active period | 1576-1612 |
| Province | Kōzuke |
| School / tradition | Umetada |
| Hawley ID | KUN203 |
Recorded signatures (mei)
城州一條堀川住信濃守藤原國廣作jōshū ichijō horikawa ju shinano no kami fujiwara kunihiro tsuku
洛陽一條信濃守藤原國廣造rakuyo ichijō shinano no kami fujiwara kunihiro tsukuru
日州古屋之住國廣山伏之時作之nishū koya no ju kunihiro yamafushi no toki saku kore
日州古屋住國廣作nishū koya ju kunihiro saku (1586)
九州日向住國廣作kyushū hyuga ju kunihiro saku (1590)
信濃守國廣作shinano no kami kunihiro saku (1604)
藤原國廣造fujiwara kunihiro tsukuru (1610)
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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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