Toshiyoshi壽吉

Bizen province · active 1744-1748

Hawley reference TOS377
Hawley
15
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)

Smith record

EraEnkyō (1744-1748)
Active period1744-1748
ProvinceBizen
Hawley IDTOS377

Recorded signatures (mei)

備前國長船横山宅之進壽吉bizen kuni osafune yokoyama takunoshin toshiyoshi

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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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