Shibuiswords Swordsmith Chart
Updated November, 2009



Swordsmiths along the Eight Roads

KINAI SANYOUDOU SAN'INDOU NANKAIDOU TOUKAIDOU TOUZANDOU HOKURIKUDOU SAIKAIDOU


  KOTO SHINTO SHINSHINTO

Awataguchi Kunitomo , Hisakuni, Gojo Kanenaga, Kuniyasu , Kunitsuna , Kunikiyo , Masamitsu, Arikuni, Munechika, Norikuni, Kuniyoshi, Yoshiie, Yoshimitsu
Rai Kuniyuki, Kunitsugu, Kunizane, Kunitoshi , Ryoukai , Ryo Hisanobu, Kunimitsu, Mitsukane(Nakajimarai), Ryokai, Tomokuni, Kuninaga
Heianjou Mitsunaga , Yoshinaga , Nagayoshi
Hasabe
Kunishige, Kunihira, Hasebe Kuniobu , Nobukuni Rai Kunitomo , Heianjou , Daruma Shigemitsu , Sanjou Yoshinori

Umetada Myouju, Horikawa Kunihiro, Shigeyoshi, Yoshinobu, Tadayoshi, Dewadaijou Kunimichi , Horikawa Kuniyasu , Echigonokami Kunitomo , Kunihiro, Kuniyasu, Masahiro, Kunimichi,Nagamasa, Osuminojou Masahiro , Heianjou Hiroyuki, Kunisada,Yukihiro, Kunikyo, Yoshitake, Hirozane, Masatoshi, Nobuyoshi, Kunikane, Tanbanokami Yoshimichi , Iganokami Kinmichi , Ecchunokami Masatoshi , Ouminokami Hisamichi , Higashiyama Yoshihira, Higo no Kami Teruhiro Nankaitarou Chouson, Chigusa Arikoto, Tomotaka, Arikoto, Yoshitomo

Senjuin Yukinobu , Shigehiro , Shigenaga , Yukiyoshi , Yukimasa , Rikinao , Sadashige , Kuniyoshi ,
Taima Kuniyuki , Tomokiyo , Kunikiyo , Ryumon Nobuyoshi ,
Tegai Kanenaga, Kanekiyo, Kanezane, Kaneuji ,
Shikkake Norishige , Norinaga ,
Houshou Sadamune , Sadayoshi , Sadakiyo,
Kanabo, Masatsugu, Masazane

Tsutsui Yamatonokami Norimitsu  

  Izuminokami Kunisada , Kawachinokami Kunisuke , Sekidou Tameyasu, Kunisada, Shinkai, Harukuni, Mutsunokami Kaneyasu, Ouminokami Tadatsuna, Nagatsuna, Yasunaga, Kunitora, Shinryo, Tadayuki , Tanbanokami Yoshimichi, Tsuda Echizennokami Sukehiro , Inoue Shinkai , Suzuki Sadanori, Sukehiro, Sakakura Gon'noshin Terukane , Higonokami Kuniyasu , Tsuda Ouminonkami Sukenao , Tatara Nagayuki , Kobayashi Isenokami Kuniteru , Ikkanshi Tadasuna , Doi Shinryou Kuroda Takanobu , Ozaki Suketaka, Norichika, Sukemasa, Ozaki Masataka , Gassan Sadayoshi , Gassan Sadakazu
Kagashirou Yoshimasa , Shiketsugu , Shiketoshi , Shikemasa    

 


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Tomonari, Masatsune, Sanetsune, Kanehira
Fukuoka Ichimonji Norimune, Nobufusa, Sukeyuki, Yasunori, Muneyoshi, Sukemune, Shigemune, Sukezane, Sukenari, Sukemura, Sukefusa , Nobukane , Nobufusa , Yoshifusa , Nobumasa , YoshikaneYoshiie , Jiro Kunisada, Sanenaga, Nagamoto,Sukemori , Naomune, Norifusa, Yoshifusa , Sukeyoshi , Yoshihira, Yoshimochi, Yoshimune , Yoshizane
Kaytayama Ichimonji Norifusa, Choji, Kencho, Mitsutada, Nagamori, Masatoshi , Norizane
Yoshioka Ichimonji Sukeyoshi , Sukeshige, Suketsuna, Sukeyoshi , Sukemitsu
Hatakeda Morichika , Moriie , Iesuke , Sanemori
Saburou Kunimune , Omiya Kunimori , Sukemori , Morishige , Yoshii Tamenori , Kagenori , Masanori , Ukai Unshou , Unji , Kokubunji Kunitsugu
Osafune Mitsutada , Nagamitsu , Kagehide , Kagemitsu , Masanaga , Motoshige , Chikakage , Nagayoshi, Nagatsuna, Nagashige , Kaneshige, Kanemitsu, Yoshikage , Hidemitsu , Yoshimitsu , Shigezane , Tomomitsu , Motomitsu, Morokage, Morikage, Masamitsu , Kanenaga, Nagamori, Morimitsu, Yasumitsu, Naganori, Morimitsu, Yasumitsu, Toshimitsu, Moromitsu, Sukesada, Iesuke, Kagenori, Yoshinori, Kiyonori, Kunimori, Katsumitsu, Moromitsu, Norimitsu, Sukemitsu, Katsumitsu, Munemitsu, Tsuneie, Tadamitsu, Kiyomitsu, Unsho, Unji, Unju

Yokoyama Sukesada

Yokoyama Sukehira , Sukenaga , Sukekane
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Ko-Aoe Yasutsugu , Sadatsugu , Tunetsugu , Norizane , Tsunezane , Masatsune , Tsuguie , Tsunetsugu , Naotsugu , Toshitsugu , Tametsugu , Yasutsugu , Tsugutoshi , Chu-Aoe Tamenori , Kunitsugu , Tsunetsugu , Ietsugu , Tsuguyoshi , Hidetsugu , Sadatsugu, Moritgsugu, Suketsugu, Yoshitsugu Mizuta Kunishige  
Mihara, Masaie, Masahiro, Masashige, Masaoki    
  Higonokami Teruhiro  
  Usaku Munehide , Tegarayama Ujishige  
Niou Kiyomitsu, Kiyoharu, Kiyotada, Kiyotsuna, Kiyokage, Kiyozane    
Sa, Akikuni, Yasuyoshi    

 


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Yasutsuna, Aritsuna, Ohara Sanemori , Hiroyoshi    
Kokaji Kanenaga, Yukikage    
Naotsuna, Sadatsuna, Yoshisada, Yoshisue, Sadasue, Suetsugu, Masahiro    
Houjouji Kunimitsu    

 


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Nanki Shigekuni, Sudo Kunitsugu    
Kaifu Morohisa, Ujiyoshi, Yasuyoshi    
Yoshimitu   Sa Yukihide

 


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Shintougo Kunimitsu , Yukimitsu,Masamune, Kunihiro, Sadamune , Ichimonji Suketsuna, Akihiro, Hiromitsu, Yukimitsu, Fusamune, Masahiro , Hiromasa, Yoshihiro, Koga, Hirotsugu , Sukehiro , Takahiro , Tsunamune , Sadahiro, Yasuharu, Tsunaie, Fuyuhiro, Hiroshige , Tsuguhiro , Tsunahiro The later Tsunahiro school Yamamura Tsunahiro
Shitahara Chikashige
Yasutsugu, Noda Hankei , Shitahara Yasushige, Nagamune, Yamatonokami Yasusada, Omura Kaboku, Bando Bokuden, Nagasone Kotetsu, Okimasa, Okihisa, Houjouji Masahiro, Senjuin Morikuni, Sekidou Korekazu , Hioki Mitsuhira, Hankei, Tsunamune, Shigemasa, Kazusanosuke Kaneshige, Kunimasa, Masateru, Ouminokami Tsuguhira, Yorisada, Mitsuyo, Musashitarou Yasukuni Suishinshi Masahide, Fujieda tarou Teruyoshi, Taikei Naotane, Hosokawa Masayoshi, Katou Tsunahide, Chou'unsai Tsunatoshi, Koyama Munetsugu, Saneo, Kiyondo, Minamoto Kiyomaro, Kuribara Nobuhide, Saitou Kiyondo, Suzuki Masao, Suishinshi Masatsugu, Teruyoshi, Naokatsu, Unju Korekazu, Hosokawa Masamori, Hosokawa Tadayoshi, Tairyusai Soukan
  Mito Nariaki, Norichika, Norikatsu, Sukemasa Rekkou , Katsumura Norikatsu
Shimada Yoshisuke, Sukemune, Hirosuke    
Munechika    
Kaneaki    
Yakuouji Kaneaki    
  Sagaminokami Masatsune , Houkinokami Nobutaka  
Muramasa, Masashige, Masazane, Heianjo Nagayoshi    

 


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Mogusa, Houju    
Hoju, Mogusa Kunikane , Miyoshi Nagakuni , Masanaga , Nagamichi , Sendai Yasutomo Aizu Kanesada , Tegarayama Masashige , Sumi Motooki
Gassan   Kato Tsunahide, Tsunatoshi, Tsunanobu
    Yamaura Saneo, Kawamura Toshitaka, Masao, Kiyomaro, Kanetora
Rai Mitsukane , Kanro Toshinaga , Takagi Sadamune Sasaki Kazumine  
Kaneuji, Naoeshidu Kaneuji, Kanetsugu, Kanefusa, Kaneaki, Kanetomo, Kanetoshi, Kanenobu , Kanehisa , Kinju , Tametsugu, ZenjouKaneyoshi , Hachiya Kanesada, Kanenori, Kaneyuki, Kanetsune, Yamato Shizu, Kanemoto, Izuminokami Kanesada, Nosada, Kanemoto, Ujisada, Ujinobu, Magoroku, Masatoshi, Masatsugu, Kanemoto , Hidanokami Ujifusa , Wakasanokami Ujifusa Omichi, Kanenobu, Kanetaka, Ujifusa, Terukado, Jumyo Okachiyama Nagasada

 


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Yamamura Masanobu, Momokawa Nagayoshi, Nobu, Yasunobu, Hatachogi, Nagayoshi    
Fujishima Tomoshige, Nobunaga, Kiyomitsu, Katsuie, Masakage, Kagamitsu, Sanekage, Yukimitsu Tsujimura Kanewaka, Takahira, The Kiyomitsu school, Darami Katsukuni Later Katsukuni
Uda Kunifusa, Kunimune, Kunihisa, Norishige , Gou Yoshihiro, Sanekaga, Tametsugu    
Chiyozuru Kuniyasu Higodaijou Sadakuni, Yasutsugu, Tsuguhira, Kanenori, Yamatodaijou Masanori, Hirotaka, Kanetane, Yamashironokami Kunikiyo , Harimadaijou Shigetaka, The Shimotaka school Later Yasutsugu
Fuyuhiro    

 


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  KOTO SHINTO SINSHINTO
The Hirado-Sa school, Morihiro, Moriyoshi Tadayoshi, Masahiro, Oumidaijou Tadahiro, Yukihiro, Tadakuni, Munetsugu, Munenaga, Tadanaga, Mutsunokami Tadayoshi Tadayosi 6th
Samonji, Sa Yoshisada, Sadayuki, Moritaka, Morayasu, Morimasa, Ryosai, Sairen, Nyusai, Jitsua, Yoshihiro, Kunihiro, Hiroyasu, Yukihiro Sekidou Koretsugu, Yoshimasa, Yoshisuke, Moritsugu, Nobukuni, Yoshikane, Shigekane  
Shinsoku, Nobukuni, Sukenaga, Chouen    
Miike Mitsuyo, Ienaga, Norinaga, Sukenaga Onizuka Yoshikuni  
Enju Kunimura , Kuniyasu, Kunishike, Kuniyoshi, Kunikiyo, Kunitsuna, Kunisuke, Kunitoke, Kunifusa    
Sadahide, Yukihira, Tokiyuki, Nagamori, Shizumori, Sadayuki-Takada, Tomoyuki, Tadayuki, Tomomitsu, Chikushi, Yoshisada, Yoshizane, Ryoukai Muneyuki, Teruyuki, Matsuba Motoyuki  
Naminohira Yukiyasu , Yasuyuki , Ieyasu , Yasutsuna , Yasumitsu Izunokami Masafusa , Mondonokami Masakiyo , Ippei Yasuyo , Naminohira Yasuchika, Yasukuni Oku Motohira, Houkinokami Masayuki, Yasuari, Motooki, Motoyasu, Mototake, Masayoshi


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The above chart was produced from Ginza Choshuya,
Sho-Shin, and Shibui Swords web sites.
These web sites are excellant for their educational properties.

The best reference for factual information about
Swordsmiths is Nagayama's 'The Connoisseur's Book of JAPANESE SWORDS'.