Yukihide行秀

Shimotsuke province · active 1825-1830

Hawley reference YUK40
Hawley
10
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)

Smith record

EraBunsei (1818-1830)
Active period1825-1830
ProvinceShimotsuke
Hawley IDYUK40

Recorded signatures (mei)

野州住荒川雲龍子男行秀yashū ju arakawa unryū-shi dan yukihide

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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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