Kanefusa兼房

Musashi province · active 1716-1781

Hawley reference KAN802
Hawley
15
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)

Smith record

Active period1716-1781
ProvinceMusashi
Hawley IDKAN802

Recorded signatures (mei)

武州住常陸守藤原兼房bushū ju hitachi no kami fujiwara kanefusa
東京住常陸守藤原兼房tokyo ju hitachi no kami 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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