Muneyoshi宗吉

Iyo province · active 1868-1912

Hawley reference MUN662
Hawley
10
points — scale 15 (recorded) to 500+ (legendary)
Tōkō Taikan
¥1.2M
reference market valuation (Tokuno Kazuo, 1977)

Smith record

EraMeiji (1868-1912)
Active period1868-1912
ProvinceIyo
Hawley IDMUN662

Recorded signatures (mei)

伊豫松山臣小田禎次宗吉作iyo matsuyama-shin oda teiji muneyoshi saku
松山住小田宗吉作matsuyama ju oda muneyoshi saku
宗吉作muneyoshi saku
豫州松山住小田宗吉造之yoshū matsuyama ju oda teiji muneyoshi tsukuru 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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