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About Minamoto Masatoshi

In the original sense, Yamato Shizu means Shizu Saburou Kaneuji.
Before moving from Yamato(modern Nara Prefecture) to Mino(modern Gifu Prefecture), he called Yamatoshizu the work he wrote with the name Kaneuji.
However, even after move, the local people used the name "Kaneuji", so it is use for other sword smith.

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Sadayuki was Born in the 8th year of the Taisho era(1919), he learned swords from the living national treasure Gassan Sadakatsu in Osaka.
After that, he was active as a master of Hiroshima and won numerous awards.
He became an important intangible cultural property holder in Hiroshima Prefecture.
Many famous swords were left, including the...

Takada school is a group of swordsmiths who made Japanese swords in Takada, Bungo Province from the Kamakura period to the Muromachi period.
There is little material about Takada school, so they are a mystery.
Many powerful tribes fought to occupy Hakata, which was a trading hub during the Muromachi period.
Therefore, Takada swords were produced in...

He was born in Tokyo in 1946. He studied under Kanyama Sato, a master of Japanese sword appraisal, After graduating from Meiji Gakuin University and then learned swords from the Living National Treasure, SUMITANI SEIHO.
He built a factory in Kisegawa, Susono City, Shizuoka Prefecture, and started making swords.
Therefore, his sword may have "Kisegawa...

Nio school is a sword smith who prospered in Suo Province from the Kamakura period to the Muromachi period.
Suo is the eastern part of Yamaguchi Prefecture.
In Suo province, there were several manors of Todaiji Temple in Yamato Province.
Therefore, it is said that Suo's sword smith was interacting with Yamato's sword smith(modern Nara prefecture).