Kanenori兼則

Mino province · active 1592-1600

Hawley reference KAN1924
Hawley
15
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)
Tōkō Taikan
¥1.8M
reference market valuation (Tokuno Kazuo, 1977)

Smith record

Active period1592-1600
ProvinceMino
Hawley IDKAN1924

Recorded signatures (mei)

濃州古関兼則nōshū koseki kanenori
山城國伏見住兼則yamashiro kuni fushimi ju kanenori
濃州関兼則山城國憤見住nōshū seki kanenori yamashiro kuni fushimi ju
五代傳山城國伏見住兼則godai-den yamashiro kuni fushimi ju kanenori

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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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