Fusanobu房信

Tōtōmi province · active 1865-1868

Hawley reference FUS17
Hawley
10
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)
Tōkō Taikan
¥1.8M
reference market valuation (Tokuno Kazuo, 1977)

Smith record

EraKeiō (1865-1868)
Active period1865-1868
ProvinceTōtōmi
Hawley IDFUS17

Recorded signatures (mei)

遠州掛川住臣義明齋房信enshū kakegawa ju shin gimyōsai fusanobu
遠州掛川住藤原房信enshū kakegawa ju fujiwara fusanobu

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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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