Kanenobu兼信

Mino province · active 1655-1658

Hawley reference KAN1811
Hawley
15
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)
Tōkō Taikan
0
reference market valuation (Tokuno Kazuo, 1977)

Smith record

EraMeireki (1655-1658)
Active period1655-1658
ProvinceMino
Hawley IDKAN1811

Recorded signatures (mei)

濃州神戸住田代角兵衛藤原兼信nōshū kambe ju tashiro kakebei fujiwara kanenobu
濃州神戸住陸奥守藤原兼信nōshū kambe ju muitsu no kami fujiwara kanenobu

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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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