Kanefusa包房

Tegai school · Yamato province · active 1530-1532

Hawley reference KAN24
Hawley
15
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)

Smith record

EraKyōroku (1528-1532)
Active period1530-1532
ProvinceYamato
School / traditionTegai
Hawley IDKAN24

Recorded signatures (mei)

大和國南都住藤原兼房yamato kuni nanto ju fujiwara kanefusa
南都住藤原兼房nanto ju fujiwara kanefusa

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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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