Kunitsugu國次

Echizen province · active 1629-1658

Hawley reference KUN1459
Hawley
15
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)
Tōkō Taikan
¥3M
reference market valuation (Tokuno Kazuo, 1977)

Smith record

Active period1629-1658
ProvinceEchizen
Hawley IDKUN1459

Recorded signatures (mei)

山城大掾藤原國次yamashiro daijō fujiwara kunitsugu
山城守藤原國次yamashiro no kami fujiwara kunitsugu
平安城住藤原國次heianjō ju fujiwara kunitsugu

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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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