Yoshitake吉武

Yamashiro province · active 1658-1681

Hawley reference YOS840
Hawley
70
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)
Fujishiro
Jo saku
superior workmanship grade
Tōkō Taikan
¥4M
reference market valuation (Tokuno Kazuo, 1977)

Smith record

Active period1658-1681
ProvinceYamashiro
Hawley IDYOS840

Recorded signatures (mei)

平安城住出雲大掾藤原妙吉武heianjō ju izumo daijō fujiwara tae yoshitake
出雲大掾藤原吉武izumo daijō fujiwara yoshitake
出雲守藤原法哲入道吉武izumo no kami fujiwara hōtetsu nyudō yoshitake

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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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