Akihiro秋廣

Sagami province · active 1346-1368

Hawley reference AKI98
Hawley
100
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)
Tōkō Taikan
¥10M
reference market valuation (Tokuno Kazuo, 1977)

Smith record

Active period1346-1368
ProvinceSagami
TeacherMasamune
Hawley IDAKI98

Recorded signatures (mei)

相州住秋廣sōshū ju akihiro

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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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