Akamatsu Tarō
赤松太郎 (Akamatsu Tarō)
Lineage: the signature does not state the generation
The name of a family forge in Yatsushiro, in Kumamoto prefecture, and of the smiths who work there.
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Akamatsu Tarō (赤松太郎) is the name of a family forge in Yatsushiro, in Kumamoto prefecture, and the name borne by the smiths who work there.
Among them is Akamatsu Tarō Kanemitsu; he signs Higo no Kuni Yatsushiro-jū Kanemitsu saku (肥後國八代住兼光作) and in 2025 received the Takamatsu-no-miya Prize at the NBTHK Exhibition of Contemporary Sword Craftsmen (Gendai Tōshoku-ten).
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Akamatsu Tarō (赤松太郎)
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