Kuninaga國長

Nakajima Rai school · Yamashiro province · active 1329-1346

Hawley reference KUN777
Hawley
100
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)

Smith record

Active period1329-1346
ProvinceYamashiro
School / traditionNakajima Rai
TeacherRai Kunitoshi
Hawley IDKUN777

Recorded signatures (mei)

来國長rai kuninaga

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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.

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