Hidekazu英一

Musashi province · active 1830-1848

Hawley reference HID286
Hawley
10
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)
Tōkō Taikan
¥2M
reference market valuation (Tokuno Kazuo, 1977)

Smith record

Active period1830-1848
ProvinceMusashi
Hawley IDHID286

Recorded signatures (mei)

川越之臣英一kawagoe no shin hidekazu
武州川越玉麟子英一bushū kawagoe gyokurinshi hidekazu
武陽川越臣英一於前橋作之buyō kawagoe-shin hidekazu oite maebashi saku kore

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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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