Toshitsugu壽次

Musashi province · active 1861-1864

Hawley reference TOS370
Hawley
10
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)

Smith record

EraBunkyū (1861-1864)
Active period1861-1864
ProvinceMusashi
Hawley IDTOS370

Recorded signatures (mei)

武州久米住萬歳壽次bushū kurume ju banzai toshitsugu
武州久米川住壽次bushū kurumegawa ju toshitsugu

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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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