Language: Japanese
Source: Kaiho Kenjaku (懐宝剣尺) of 1797

Description

Wazamono (業物) can literally be translated as an instrument that plays as it should. In Japanese sword collecting, it refers specifically to a sword that was tested to cut well. Cuts were performed on convicted criminals aged 30 to 50 who did rough work. They were cut slightly above nipple height.

Swords are ranked in the following categories:

Saijō Ō Wazamono (最上大業物), "Supreme Grade."
(Swords that cut through the torso 8-9 out of 10 times.)

Ō Wazamono (大業物), "Excellent."
(Swords that cut through the torso 7-8 out of 10 times.)

Yoki Wazamono / Ryō-wazamono  (良業物) "Very good."
(Swords that cut through the torso 5-7 out of 10 times.)

Wazamono (業物), "Good."
(Swords that cut through the torso 3-4 out of 10 times.)

 

History of the ratings

The term comes from the book Kaiho Kenjaku (懐宝剣尺). The book was first compiled in 1797 at the request of Heisuke Takuseki, a famous sword appraiser and retainer of the Hizen Karatsu clan, together with Yamada Asaemon Yoshimutsu (山田浅右衛門吉睦), an expert test cutter and executioner of the Tokugawa Shogunate who performed the tests.

He was the fifth head of the famous Yamada line of sword testers. In the initial publication, a total of 163 sword makers achieved wazamono or higher status. Due to its popularity, the Kaiho Kenjaku was republished in 1805 and 1815.1

A major updated list was published in Kokon Kajibiko (古今鍛冶備考) or "Ancient and modern blacksmith notes" of 1830.2
Yamada family successor, and 7th head of the lineage, Yamada Asaemon Yoshitoshi (山田朝右衛門吉利) did the tests this time.

The tests performed were on convicted criminals. Any test cut is very stressful on a blade, and thus, there is a considerable risk of damage. Therefore, many old masters were excluded from testing.

 

Notes
1. An original of the Kaiho Kenjaku (懐宝剣尺) can be viewed online in Waseda University Library's Kotenseki Sogo Database. 
2. The Kokon Kajibiko (古今鍛冶備考) of 1830 can be viewed online in Waseda University Library's Kotenseki Sogo Database. (A simple viewer is here.)

wazamono

The cover of an original Kaiho Kenjaku, with on the background a sword blade of the Sōshū tradition.
 

Wazamono list in the Kaiho Kenjaku

Here is the list as it appears in the original 1797 edition of the Kaiho Kenjaku.

 

12 Saijō Ō Wazamono (最上大業物), "Supreme Grade."

Osafune Hidemitsu (長船秀光) = Hidemitsu II
Mihara Masaie (四代三原正家) = Masaie IV
Osafune Motoshige (長船元重)
Nagasone Okisato (長曾弥興里) = Nagasone Kotetsu (虎徹) I
Nagasone Okimasa (長曾弥興正) = Kotetsu II
Seikan Kanemoto (清関兼元) = Kanemoto I
Magoroku Kanemoto (孫六兼元) = Kanemoto II
Tatara Nagayuki (多々良長幸)
Miyoshi Nagamichi (初代三善長道) = Nagamichi I
Sendai Kunikane I (初代仙台国包)
Hizen Tadayoshi I (初代忠吉)
Hizen Tadayoshi III = Mutsu no Kami Tadayoshi (陸奥守忠吉)

 

21 Ō Wazamono (大業物), "Excellent."

Takatenjin Kaneaki (高天神兼明)
Kashū Kanewaka I (加州兼若)
Kanenori (兼則)
Iyo Daijō Katsukuni I (伊予大掾初代勝国)
Horikawa Kunihiro (堀川国広)
Izumi no Kami Kunisada I (初代和泉守国貞)
Horikawa Kuniyasu (堀川国安)
Higo no Kami Kuniyasu I (肥後守国康 (初代))
Tsushima no Kami Sadashige I (対馬守貞重 (初代))
Yosozaemon Sukesada (与三左衛門祐定)[4]
Tōshiro Sukesada (藤四郎祐定)[4]
Tsuda Sukehiro (津田助広)
Ōmi no Daijō Fujiwara Tadahiro (近江大椽忠広)
Echigo no Kami Kanesada II (越後守包貞 (二代))
Fujishima Tomoshige (藤島友重)
Mondonoshō Masakiyo (主水正正清)
Shūri no Suke Morimitsu (修理亮盛光)
Sakyō no Suke Yasumitsu (左京亮康光)
Yasuyo (安代)
Osafune Yoshikage (備州長船義景)

 

50 Yoki Wazamono (良業物), "Very good."

Osafune Iesuke II (長船家助 (二代))
Wakasa no Kami Ujifusa (若狭守氏房)
Jirō Saemon Katsumitsu (次郎左衛門勝光)
Ukyō Susumu Katsumitsu (右京進勝光)
Kanesada III (兼定 (三代))
Seki Kanefusa (関兼房)
Seki Kanetsune (関兼常)
Kōzukenosuke Kaneshige (上総介兼重)
Echizen Kanetane I (越前兼植 (初代))
Echizen Kanenori (越前兼則)
Aizu Kanesada (会津兼定)
Echigo no Kami Kunihiro (越後守国儔)
Yamashiro no Kami Kunikane II (山城守国包 (二代))
Yamashiro no Daijō Kunitsugu I (山城大椽国次 (初代))
Okayama Kunimune (岡山国宗)
Ōyogo Kunishige (大与五国重)
Ishidō Korekazu I (石堂是一 (初代) =Musashi Daijō Koreichi I (武蔵大椽是一 (初代))
Iga no Kami Sadatsugu (伊賀守定次)
Nanki Shigekuni I (南紀重国)
Tsuda Ōmi no Kami Sukenao (津田近江守助直)[9]
Osafune Sukemitsu (長船祐光)
Yokoyama Sukesada (横山祐定) = Sukesada IX (descendant of Eisho) (九代祐定 (永正末裔))[4]
Osafune Tadamitsu (長船忠光)
Ikkanshi Tadatsuna (一竿子忠綱)
Settsu no Kami Tadayuki I (摂津守忠行 (初代)
Mutsu Tadashige (陸奥忠重)
Sōshū Tsunahiro I (相州綱広 (初代)
Tsushima no Kami Tsunemitsu (対馬守常光) = Heki Tsunemitsu (日置常光)[4]
Tango no Kami Naomichi (丹後守直道)
Osafune Norimitsu I (長船則光 (初代)
Sukeemon Norimitsu (助右衛門則光)
Osafune Norimitsu I (長船法光 (初代)
Osafune Norimitsu II (長船法光 (二代)
Osafune Hidesuke (長船秀助)
Ōmi no Kami Hisamichi I (近江守久道 (初代)
Kanabō Masazane (金房正真)[4]
Sakakura Masatoshi I (坂倉正利 (初代)
Sakakura Masatoshi II (坂倉正利 (二代)
Yamato no Daijō Masanori I (大和大椽正則 (初代)
Ōshū Masanaga (奥州政長)=Aizu Masanaga (会津政長)
Heki Mitsuhira (日置光平)
Sakyō no Shin Munemitsu (左京進宗光)
Heki Munehiro (日置宗弘)
Osafune Morikage (長船盛景)[14] = Ōmiya Morikage (大宮盛景)
Yasutsugu I (康継 (初代)
Yasutsugu II (康継 (二代)
Yamato no Kami Yasusada (大和守安定)
Bitchū no Kami Yasuhiro (備中守康広)
Takada Yukinaga (高田行長)
Kyō Yoshimichi I (京吉道 (初代)
Kyō Yoshimichi II (京吉道 (二代)
Ōsaka Yoshimichi I (大阪吉道 (初代)
Ōsaka Yoshimichi II (大阪吉道 (二代)
Musashi no Kami Yoshikado (武蔵守吉門)
Ise Daijō Yoshihiro (伊勢大椽吉弘)[4]
Aoe Tsugunao (備中國住次直作)
Shizu Kaneuji (志津兼氏)
 

80 Wazamono (業物), "Good."

(Tsushima no kami) Tachibana Ippō ((対馬守)橘一法)
Tegarayama Ujishige I (手柄山氏重 (初代)) or Yamato no Daijō Ujishige I (大和大椽藤原氏重)
Kashū Katsuie I (加州勝家 (初代))
Kashū Katsuie II (加州勝家 (二代))
Aizu Kanetomo I (会津兼友 (初代))
Kanetane (Edo) (兼植 (江戸))[4]
Musashi no Kami Kanenaka (武蔵守兼中)
Sakushū Kanekage (作州兼景)
Tsutsui Kijū (筒井紀充), son of Kanekuni (added below)
Kunikore (Osaka) (国維 (大坂))[4] = Sagami no Kami Kunimasa (相模守国維)
Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke I II III (初二三代河内守国助)
Yamashiro no Kami Kunikiyo I (山城守国清 (初代))
Yamashiro no Kami Kunikiyo II (山城守国清 (二代))
Aizu Kunisada (会津国貞)
Sagami no Kami Kunitsuna (相模守国綱)
Obama Kuniyoshi (小浜国義) = ?Takai Kuniyoshi (高井国義)
Kōriyama Kunitake (郡山国武) = ?Sugawara Kunitake (菅原国武)
Suzuki Kaga no Kami Sadanori (鈴木加賀守貞則)
Izumo no Kami Sadashige (出雲守貞重)
Kaga no Kami Sadahiro (加賀守貞広)
Yamato no Daijō Sadayuki (大和大椽貞行)
Inoue Shinkai (井上真改)
Doi Shinryō (土肥真了)
Umetada Shigeyoshi (埋忠重義)
Harima no Daijō Shigetaka I (播磨大椽重高 (初代))
Nobukuni Shigekane (信国重包)
Nobukuni Shigesada (信国重貞) of Nobukuni school
Takada Shigeyuki (高田重行)
Maru Tsuda Sukehiro (丸津田助広) =?Tsuda Sōsho Mei Sukehiro (津田草書銘助広), successor of Sukehiro I (Soboro) above.
Suketaka (Osaka) (助高 (大坂)) = Sesshū Suketaka (摂州助高)
Hanabusa Sukekuni (花房祐国)[4] = Bizen no Kami Yūkoku (備前守祐国)
Harima no Daijō Tadakuni I (播磨大掾忠国 (初代))[4]=Hizen jū Harima no Daijō Fujiwara no Tadakuni I (肥前住播磨大掾藤原忠国 (初代)) =Hizen Tadakuni I (肥前忠国 (初代))
Tadayoshi IV (四代忠吉)
Shinano Daijō Tadakuni I (信濃大掾忠国 (初代))[4]=Heianjō jū Tadakuni I (平安城住忠国 (初代))
Tsuguhira I (継平 (初代))
Shimosaka Tsuguhiro (下阪継広)
Higo no Kami Teruhiro (肥後守輝広)
Shitahara Terushige (下原照重)
Mutsu no Kami Toshinaga I (陸奥守歳長 (初代))
Yamashiro no Kami Toshinaga I (山城守歳長 (初代))
Musashi no Kami Tomotsune (武蔵守友常)
Tsunbo Nagatsuna (聾長綱)
Takai Nobuyoshi I (高井信吉 (初代))
Hōki no Kami Nobutaka I (伯耆守信高 (初代))
Hōki no Kami Nobutaka II (伯耆守信高 (二代))
Jūrō Saemon Harumitsu (十郎左衛門春光)
Kinshiro Hisamichi (金四郎久道)
Yamashiro no Kami Hidetoki I (山城守秀辰 (初代))
Hiromasa (Settsu) (広政 (摂津))[4] =Wakasa no Kami Hiromasa (若狭守広政)[28]
Hōki no Kami Hirotaka (伯耆守汎隆)
Hōjōji Masahiro (法城寺正弘)
Etchū no Kami Masatoshi (越中守正俊)
Hizen Masahiro I (肥前正広 (初代)), disciple of Tadayoshi I above.
Bitchū no Daijō Masanaga (備中大椽正永)
Kanabō Masatsugu (金房政次)
Takada Muneyuki I (高田統行 (初代))
Shimosaka Munemichi (Munetsugu) (下坂宗道(宗次))=?Kazusa no Daijō Munemichi (上総大椽宗道)
Mutsu no Kami Muneshige (陸奥守宗重)
Motoyuki (Osaka) (本行 (大坂)) =(松葉本行) =Kawachi no Kami Motoyuki (河内守本行)
Senjuin Morikuni (千手院盛国)
Tōren Morihisa (東連守久)[4]=?Ishidō Morihisa (石堂守久)
Yasunaga (Ōsaka, Settsu jū) (康永 (大坂摂津住)) =Kawachi no Kami Yasunaga (河内守康永)
Sendai Yasutomo II (仙台安倫 (二代))
Dewa no Kami Yukihiro (出羽守行広) =Hizen Yukihiro I (肥前行広 (初代))
Izumo no Daijō Yoshitake I (出雲大椽吉武 (初代))
Izumo no Daijō Yoshitake II (出雲大椽吉武 (二代))
Yamato no Kami Yoshimichi I (大和守吉道 (初代))
Yamato no Kami Yoshimichi II (大和守吉道 (二代))
Kōzukenosuke Yoshimasa (上野介吉正)
Yoshikuni Tosa (吉国 (土佐))=Kōzuke no Kami Yoshikuni (上野守吉国)
Onizuka Yoshikuni (鬼塚吉国)
Echizen no Kami Nobuyoshi (越前守信吉)

The following 67 smiths* were added in a later edition:

Osafune Yoshimitsu
Seki Hikoshiro Kaneoto
Dewa no kami Sukeshige
Shodai Osafune Tsuneiye
Nidai Osafune Tsuneiye
Sagami no kami Masatsune
Tegai Kanetoshi
Tanshu Hojoji Kuniyoshi
Shodai Ishido Tameyasu
Etchu no kami Takahira
Kozuke no kami Kanesada
Shimosa daijo Muneyoshi
Soshu Yasuharu
Sagami no kami Kaneyasu
Echigo no kami Tadamichi
Jumyo [Tensho]
Yamato no kami Yasuyuki
Seki Kanenori [Eisho]
Takada Taira Morikata
Uda Kunifusa
Hichibeijo Sukesada
Seki Kanemichi [Tenbun]
Kashu Yukimitsu [Bunki]
Koyama Seki Hironaga
Kashu Iyeyoshi
Shodai Hirokane
Hyuga Kunitomi
Seki Kanesada [Koji]
Sato Kiyosuke
Shodai Kashu Yoshiiye
Otaro Kunihira
Kai Mihara Masachika
Takada Shigemasa
Takada Kuniyuki
Akasaka Senjuin Kuninaga
Osafune Arimitsu
Naminohira Shigeyoshi
Soshu Tsunaiye
Aizu Tametoshi
Osafune Hisamitsu
Harima no kami Yoshinari
Shodai Seki Hirotoki
Dotanuki Masakuni
Jirobeijo Harumitsu
Shodai Ippo 
Seki Kanetoki [Tenbun]
Nidai Kanesuke Shigekuni
Echizen Kanemasa
Shimohara Kaneshige
Shodai Sendai Nagashige
Bungo no kami Masatomo
Seki Kanekuni [Entoku]
Shodai Kashu Kanemaki
Hyuga Hiroyasu
Yoshu Kuniteru
Seki Nagatoshi
Kawachi no kami Kanesada
Kashu Iyetada
Mutsu no kami Terumasa
Wakasa no kami Michitoki
Kawashima Kunihira
Shodai Geishu Hirotaka
Takada Teruyuki
Edo Sukechika
Sanjo Yoshikuni
Ishido Masatoshi
Tosa Hisakuni

 

Notes
The above list was taken from the Wikipedia List of Wazamono which in turn was based on the interpretations of the list by Kōkan Nagayama; The Connoisseur's Book of Japanese Swords. Kodansha International. 1997 p. 37. And Markus Sesko; Swordsmiths of Japan. Lulu Publishing 2014. Notice that it is not always clear which smith is mentioned, and that many smiths also worked under aliases. The last 67 added smiths are from jp-sword.com, which are in turn based on the original editions.

 

Wazamono list in the Kokon Kajibiko (古今鍛冶備考) of 1830

In this re-publication, some amends were made to the original list, and many sword makers were added. You can find this list with comments on the amendments at JP-sword.com.

 

14 Saijō Ō Wazamono (最上大業物), "Supreme Grade."

Osafune Hidemitsu
Shodai Kanemoto
Mihara Masaiye
Osafune Motoshige
Nagasone Okisato Kotetsu
Tatara Nagayuki
Shodai Tadayoshi
Mutsu no kami Tadayoshi
Shodai Sukehiro
Shodai Kunikane
Nagasone Okimasa
Shodai Nagamichi

The following 2 smiths were added:

Osafune Kanemitsu
Izumi no kami Kanesada (Nosada)

 

84 Ō Wazamono (大業物), "Excellent."

Sakyo no suke Yasumitsu [Oei]
Yosozaemon Sukesada [Eisho]
Hikobei Sukesada [Eisho]
Toshiro Sukesada [Tensho]
Shurino suke Morimitsu
Takatenjin Kaneaki
Kashu Kanenori
Nidai Echigo no kami Kanesada
Horikawa Kunihiro
Horikawa Kuniyasu
Shodai Kashu Katsukuni
Shodai Higo no kami Kuniyasu
Nidai Omi daijo Tadahiro
Kakutsuda Sukehiro
Shodai Izumi no kami Kunisada
Mondo no sho Masakiyo
Ichinohira Yasuyo
Shodai Kashu Kanewaka

The following 66 smiths were added:

Nidai Kamemoto *downgraded from Saijō Ō Wazamono"
Bizen Iyemitsu [Oei]
Bizen Iyemori [Oei]
Bitchu Iyetsugu [Oan]
Seki Toshitaka [Eisho]
Aoe Chikayori [Bunpo]
Bizen Chikatsugu [Bunpo]
Yamashiro Ryokai [Gentoku]
Seki Kaneharu [Choroku]
Shodai Naoe Kanetomo [Engen]
Oshizu Kaneuji [Kenmu] 
Shiga Seki Kanenobu [Meio] 
Sandai Seki Kanefusa [Eisho]
Shodai Izumi no kami Kanesada [Bunmei] 
Sandai Kanesada (Hikisada) [Tenbun] 
Hachiyazeki Kanesada [Eiko] 
Seki Kanesada [Daiei] 
Seki Kanemoto [Choko] 
Nidai Kanemoto [Daiei] 
Sandai Kanemoto [Tenbun] 
Shodai Kanetoshi [Shouo] 
Nidai Kanetoshi [Joji] 
Shodai Kanenaga [Shouo] 
Nidai Kanenaga [Kareki] 
Shodai Kaneyoshi [Joji] 
Uchiyosuke Katsumitsu [Bunmei]
Bizen Kagemitsu [Shouo]
Bizen Kagemasa [Shochu]
Yoshii Kagenori [Bunna]
Bizen Yoshikage [Oan]
Uemonjo Yoshitsugu [Showa]
Bizen Yoshitomo [Koan]
Aoe Tadatsugu [Kenmu]
Aoe Tsuguyoshi [Joji]
Aoe Tsunatsugu [Bunpo]
Junkei Nagamitsu [Kenchou]
Shogen Nagamitsu [Koan]
Osafune Nagayoshi [Oan]
Miyoshi Shodai Nagamichi [Kanbun]
Aoe Naotsugu [Koei]
Shodai Norinaga [Shouo]
Nidai Norinaga [Gentoku]
Aoe Nobugsugu [Kocho]
Rai Kunitoshi [Kocho]
Rai Kunitoshi [Shouo]
Enju Kunitoki [Kenji]
Yamashiro Rai Kunitsugu [Bunna]
Bizen Saburo Kunimune [Shoka]
Tanshu Hojoji Shodai Kunimitsu
Fukuoka Ichimonji Noriteru [Genou]
Noshu Hironaga [Meiou]
Sa Yasuyoshi [Kenmu]
Naminohira Yasuyuki [Showa]
Soshu Yasukuni [Eisho]
Hosho Sadazane [Tenou]
Hirado sa Sadahide [Oan]
Ko Mihara Masaiye [Tokuji]
Shidai Masaiye [Oei]
Rai Mitsukane [Kagen]
Aoe Moritsugu [Oan]
Aoe Hidetsugu [Kagen] 
Shuri no suke Morimitsu [Oei]
Osafune Morokage [Oei]
Yoshioka Sukeyoshi [Shouo]
Aoe Suketane [Kenmu]

 

210 Yoki Wazamono (良業物), "Very good."

Fujishima Tomoshige *downgraded from Ō Wazamono
Tsushima no kami Sadashige *downgraded from Ō Wazamono
Osafune Morikage
Kyoto Shodai Tanba Yoshimichi
Kyoto Nidai Tanba Yoshimichi
Osaka Shodai Tanba no Yoshimichi
Osaka Nidai Tanba no Yoshimichi
Omi no kami Sukenao
Gorozaemon Norimitsu
Iga no kami Sadatsugu
Shodai Ishido Korekazu
Ikkanshi Tadatsuna
Sandai Kanesada (Hikisada)
Kanabo Masazane
Osafune Hidesuke
Shodai Omi no kami Tsunahiro
Nidai Seki Kanefusa 
Fukusaboro Kanetsune
Shodai Yasutsugu
Nidai  Yasutsugu
Aizu Masanaga
Sakyo no shin Munemitsu
Echigo no kaim Kunitomo
Tango no kami Naomichi
Jirozaemon Nidai Iyesuke
Kazusa no suke Kaneshige
Shodai Echizen Kanetane
Heki Mitsuhira
Shodai Tadamitsu
Nidai Tadamitsu
Sandai Tadamitsu
Ukyo no suke Katsumitsu
Jirozaemon Katsumitsu
Takada Yukinaga
Nanki Shodai Shigekuni
Shodai Aizu Kanesada
Eisho Kudai (9th) Sukesada
Sakakura Seki Shodai Masatoshi
Sakakura Seki Nidai Masatoshi
Bizen Shodai Norimitsu
Bizen Nidai Norimitsu
Shodai Ujifusa
Echizen Kanenori
Ise daijo Yoshihiro
Tsushima no kami Tsunemitsu
Heki Echizen no kami Munehiro
Shodai Yasuhiro
Sukemitsu [Kakitsu]
Shodai Hisamichi
Yamato daijo Shodai Masanori
Oyago Kunishige
Okayama Kunimune
Musashi no kami Yoshikado
Nidai Kunikane
Yamashiro daijo Shodai Kunitsugu
Osaka Shodai Tadayuki
Izumi no kami Tadashige
Yamato kami Yasusada

The following smiths were added:

Aoe Nidai Iyetsugu 
Osafune Iyesada
Kashu Iyehiro
Jirozaemon Iyesuke
Jirobeijo Harumitsu
Shigeyoshi
Taima Tomotsuna
Kashu Tomoshige
Nidai Kashu Tomoshige
Osafune Tomomitsu
Nidai Ason Tomosuke
Osafune Toshiyuki
Osafune Toshitsune
Osafune Toshimune
Osafune Toshimune
Osafune Toshimitsu
Shodai Yamashiro no kami Toshinaga
Nidai Yamashiro no kami Toshinaga
Shodai Mutsu no kami Toshinaga
Nidai Mutsu no kami Toshinaga
Noshu Jumyo
Enju Tokisuye
Osafune Chikakage
Nidai Kashu Chikanori
Bitchu Chikatsugu
Shimohara Chikashige
Shodai Seki Kaneiye [Oei] 
Nidai Naoe Kanetomo [Enbun] 
Seki Kanetomo [Joji] 
Seki Kanetoki [Kakitsu] 
Noshu Kanetoki [Keicho] 
Seki Kaneoto [Bunmei] 
Nidai Kanewaka [Meireki] 
Noshu Magojiro Kanekage [Kenmu] 
Aoe Kanetsugu [Shouo] 
Noshu Kanenaga [Oei] 
Echizen Kanetane [Keicho] 
Shodai Seki Kanenori [Oei] 
Nidai Seki Kanenori [Eiko] 
Seki Kanenori [Daiei] 
Nidai Kanenobu [Enbun] 
Noshu Kanekuni [Meitoku] 
Hachiya Seki Kanemasa [Bunmei] 
Shodai Seki Kanefusa [Kosho] 
Nidai Seki Kanefusa [Choko] 
Shidai Kanesada [Koji] 
Bingo Kanekiyo [Oan] 
Uemonjo Kanemitsu [Eitoku] 
Noshu Kanemitsu [Oei] 
Shodai Tanba no kami Kanemichi [Keian]
Yamada Seki Kaneshige [Eiko] 
Kozusa suke Kaneshige [Kanbun] 
Tokuin Kanehiro [Joji] 
Naoe Kanehisa [Oan] 
Seki Kanemori [Bunmei]
Shodai Tegai Kanetoshi [Eitoku] 
Sandai Kanenaga [Enbun] 
Tegai Kanenao [Kotoku]
Godai Tegai Kanekuni [Keicho] 
Sesshu Kaneyasu [Keicho] 
Nidai Mutsu no kami Kaneyasu [Kanei] 
Shodai Echigo no kami Kanesada [Kanbun]
Akasaka Senjuin Kaneyuki [Oei]
Tegai Kaneshige [Oei] 
Yamato Kanehisa [Bunki]
Kashu Katsuiye 
Izumo no kami Katsuiye
Darani Katsukuni
Sandai Katsukuni
Osafune Jirozaemonjo Katsumitsu
Osafune Kagetomo
Osafune Kageyori
Inshu Kagenaga
Osafune Kageyasu
Kashu Kagemitsu
Kashu Kagehira
Musashi no kami Yoshikado
Kurama Seki Yoshinaga
Osafune Yoshinaga
Sanjo Yoshinori
Osafune Yoshikiyo
Osafune Yoshiyuki
Tanba no kami Yoshimichi
Hichidai Yoshimichi
Osaka Tanba no kami Yoshimichi
Osaka Nidai Yoshimichi
Hizen Yoshihiro
Yoshioka Ichimonji Yoshimoto
Katayama Ichimonji Yoshisuye
Osafune Yoshikane
Bizen Yoshitsugu
Fukuoka Ichimonji Yoshiyuki
Osafune Yoshisada
Osafune Yoshimitsu
Osafune Tadatsugu
Nidai Tadatsuna
Sesshu Tadayuki
Takada Tadayuki
Osafune Tadamitsu
Hikobei Tadamitsu
Izumi no kami Tadashige
Osafune Tameyoshi
Osafune Takanaga
Aoe Tsugunao
Aoe Tsugutane
Aoe Tsugusada
Soshu Tsunahiro
Osafune Tsunehiro
Shodai Osafune Tsuneiye
Nidai Osafune Tsuneiye
Tsushima no kami Tsunemitsu
Aoe Nagatsugu
Koyama Seki Nagatoshi
Akasaka Seki Nagakatsu
Osafune Nagakage
Aoe Nagatsugu
Osafune Nagamune
Kusadojima Nagahiro 
Osafune Nagamori 
Nidai Sekishu Naotsuna
Tanba no kami Naomichi
Osafune Nariiye
Jumyo Muneyoshi
Echizen Muneyoshi
Sakyoshin Munemitsu
Echizen no kami Munehiro
Nidai Unji
Bizen Noritsugu
Katayama Norizane
Gorozaemonjo Norimitsu
Fukuoka Ichimonji Norisuke
Osafune Norimitsu
Taima Asako Nobunaga
Echigo no kami Kunitomo
Nidai Kunikane
Nidai Konomaru Kuniyoshi
Enju Kuniyoshi
Enju Kunitsugu
Enju Kuninaga
Okayama Kunimune
Enju Kunimasa
Nidai Uda Kunifusa
Taima Kuniyuki
Nidai Tanshu Kunimitsu
Otsukiyogoro Kunishige
Chikushu Kunihiro
Naminohira Yasukazu
Yamato no kami Yasusada
Shodai Yasutsugu
Nidai Yasutsugu
Sandai Mihara Masaiye
Shodai Sakakura Seki Masatoshi
Nidai Sakaaura Seki Masatoshi
Mihara Masachika
Akasaka Seki Masayoshi
Yamato daijo Masanori
Aizu Mananaga
Musashi daijo Korekazu
Osafune Koresuke
Aoe Sadatsugu
Iga no kami Sadatsugu
Osafune Sadanaga
Nidai Hosho Sadamune
Chikuzen Sadafusa
Noshu Sadamitsu
Chikushu Sadayuki
Kashu Sanekage
Sakushu Sanetsune
Senjuin Kiyomune
Dotanuki Kiyokuni
Jumyo Kiyomitsu
Naminohira Kiyosuke
Fukuoka Ichimonji Yukitoshi
Takada Yukinaga
Kashu Yukimitsu
Noshu Yukimitsu
Osafune Yukikage
Osafune Yukimitsu
Osafune Mitsuiye
Hojoji Mitsutoshi
Aki Mitsuyo
Osafune Mitsuhiro
Dewa no kami Mitsuhira
Nanki Shigekuni
Hojoji Shigesada
Osafune Shigesada
Noshu Hirotoki
Osafune Hironao
Katayama Ichimonji Hirotsune
Chikushu Hiroyasu
Koyama Seki Hiromitsu
Omi no kami Hisamichi
Osafune Hidekage [Oei] 
Omiya Morikage
Osafune Morishige
Osafune Morisuke
Osafune Moritoshi
Chikushu Moritsuna
Osafune Morihisa
Bitchu Morotsugu
Osafune Moromitsu
Bizen Suketake
Omi no kami Sukenao
Shikkake Sukehira
Gantsuda Sukehiro 
Osafune Sukesada [Chyoroku]
Yosaemon Sukesada [Kyoroku]
Eisho Kudai Sukesada [Kanbun]
Osafune Sukemitsu [Kakitsu]
Osafune Suyehito

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Carved out of copper alloy with details highlighted in gold.

€250,-

Very delicate work with carved guardian lions.

€500,-

Of a copper alloy with a different shade on each side.

€2600,-

Unusual tsuba with foreign figures and Chinese auspicious symbols.

€1800,-

Pierced and chiseled showing an 18th century European vessel.

€475,-

Very finely carved with designs reminiscent of export wares.

€500,-