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Gojo Kuninaga

國永

Gojo Kuninaga

國永

享保名物帳
ProvinceYamashiroEraKantoku (1044–1046)PeriodHeianSchoolGojo/Sanjo>GojoTraditionYamashiro-denToko Taikan2,000(top 2%)TypeSwordsmithCodeKUN723

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享保名物帳Kyōhō Meibutsu Chō (Catalog of Celebrated Blades)

Recorded (meibutsu Tsurumaru Kuninaga)

The family's catalog of celebrated blades (名物) presented to shogun Tokugawa Yoshimune in Kyōhō 4 (1719). Records ~274 blades of – manufacture (168 extant + ~80 burned + ~26 later additions), grouped by smith with valuations and provenance. This honor tags smiths whose work is recorded in the catalog; the detail field carries per-smith counts where the published tally is exact, or 所載 + named blades where only inclusion is verified.

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Gojo School

Other artisans of the Gojo school

  1. 1.Kanenaga兼永12designated
  2. 2.Kuninaga国永9designated

Kuninaga

Kuninaga(國永) was a Japanese swordsmith of the Gojo school in Yamashiro province, active during the Kantoku (1044-1046) period.

The work follows the Yamashiro-den tradition.