Directory of smiths
Every smith with swords in the catalogue, with his period, school and province. His page tells what is known of him and on what evidence.
Kotō (up to 1596)
- Fujishima Tomoshige 藤島友重 Ō-wazamono (excellent) 1 sword
- Fuyuhiro 冬広 1 sword
- Inshū Kagenaga 因州景長 1 sword
- Kashū Katsuie 加州勝家 Wazamono (good) 1 sword
- Magoroku Kanemoto 孫六兼元 Saijō ō-wazamono (highest grade) 1 sword
- Osafune Sukesada 長船祐定 2 swords
- Seki Kanefusa 関兼房 Yoki-wazamono (very good) 3 swords
- Uda Sanekuni 宇多真国 1 sword
Shintō (1596-1780)
- Awataguchi Ōmi no Kami Tadatsuna 粟田口近江守忠綱 1 sword
- Awataguchi Tadatsuna 粟田口忠綱 1 sword
- Bitchū Daijō Masanaga 備中大掾正永 Wazamono (good) 1 sword
- Chikuzen Moritsugu 筑前守次 1 sword
- Dewa Daijō Kunimichi 出羽大掾国路 Wazamono (good) 1 sword
- Echigo no Kami Kunitomo 越後守国儔 Yoki-wazamono (very good) 1 sword
- Fukuoka Morimasa 守昌 (Morimasa) 1 sword
- Hachimanyama Kiyohira 八幡山清平 Wazamono (good) 1 sword
- Harima Daijō Tadakuni 播磨大掾忠国 Wazamono (good) 1 sword
- Heki Mitsuhira 日置光平 Yoki-wazamono (very good) 1 sword
- Hitachi no Kami Muneshige 常陸守宗重 Wazamono (good) 1 sword
- Hizen Masahiro 肥前正広 1 sword
- Hizen Masahiro 肥前正広 1 sword
- Hizen Munetsugu 肥前宗次 1 sword
- Hizen Tadayoshi 忠吉 (Tadayoshi) Wazamono (good) 1 sword
- Hōki no Kami Hirotaka 伯耆守汎隆 Wazamono (good) 1 sword
- Hōki no Kami Nobutaka 伯耆守信高 Wazamono (good) 1 sword
- Iga no Kami Kinmichi 伊賀守金道 1 sword
- Inaba Kanesaki 因幡兼先 1 sword
- Izumi no Kami Kinmichi 和泉守金道 Wazamono (good) 1 sword
- Kaga Iehira 家平 (Iehira) 1 sword
- Kashū Kanewaka 加州兼若 1 sword
- Kashū Kanewaka 兼若 (Kanewaka) 1 sword
- Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke 河内守国助 Wazamono (good) 3 swords
- Kawachi no Kami Sukesada 河内守祐定 1 sword
- Kishū Tsunahiro 紀州綱広 1 sword
- Masayasu 正全 1 sword
- Nobukuni Yoshikane 信国吉包 2 swords
- Ōmi Daijō Tadahiro 近江大掾忠広 Ō-wazamono (excellent) 5 swords
- Ōmi no Kami Hisamichi 近江守久道 1 sword
- Ōsaka Yoshimichi 大阪吉道 Yoki-wazamono (very good) 1 sword
- Shimosaka Tsuguhiro 下阪継広 Wazamono (good) 1 sword
- Yamashiro Daijō Kunishige 山城大掾國重 1 sword
Shinshintō (1781-1876)
- Aizu Munekiyo 会津宗清 1 sword
- Chōunsai Tsunatoshi 長運斎綱俊 1 sword
- Hamabe Toshihide 浜部寿秀 1 sword
- Hosokawa Masayoshi 細川正義 1 sword
- Hosokawa Tadamasa 細川忠正 1 sword
- Hosokawa Tadayoshi 細川忠義 1 sword
- Jirōtarō Naokatsu 次郎太郎直勝 1 sword
- Koyama Munetsugu 固山宗次 1 sword
- Kurihara Nobuhide 栗原信秀 1 sword
- Muramatsu Shigetsugu 邑松重次 1 sword
- Ōmi no Kami Tadayoshi 近江守忠吉 1 sword
- Onizuka Katsukuni 鬼塚勝国 1 sword
- Ozaki Suketaka 尾崎助隆 1 sword
- Tachibana Enryūshi Yoshihide 立花円龍子義秀 1 sword
- Takagi Masayuki 高木正行 1 sword
- Tamakiku 玉喜久 1 sword
- Tenryūshi Tachibana Hisakazu 天龍子橘久一 1 sword
- Tsuruga Kaneshige 敦賀金重 1 sword
- Yokoyama Sukekane 横山祐包 1 sword
Gendaitō (from 1876)
- Hayama Enshin 羽山円真 1 sword
Period not established
- Aizu Michitoki 会津道辰 1 sword
- Ishidō Korekazu 石堂是一 1 sword
- Izumo Daijō Yoshitake 出雲大掾吉武 Wazamono (good) 1 sword
- Mizuta Kunishige 水田国重 1 sword
- Ōshū Masanaga 奥州政長 Yoki-wazamono (very good) 1 sword
- Shimosaka Kanenobu 下坂兼信 1 sword
- Sōshū Tsunahiro 相州綱広 1 sword
- Takada Muneyuki 高田統行 Wazamono (good) 1 sword
- Yamashiro no Kami Kunikiyo 山城守国清 Wazamono (good) 1 sword
- Yamato no Kami Yasusada 大和守安定 Yoki-wazamono (very good) 1 sword
- Yamato no Kami Yoshimichi 大和守吉道 Wazamono (good) 1 sword