Fusatarō
房太郎 (Fusatarō)
A smith from Hashima, in Gifu prefecture, born in 1976 and trained by the twenty-fifth Fujiwara Kanefusa.
Profile
Fusatarō (房太郎) was born in 1976 in Gifu prefecture. He began forging at thirteen, and at twenty became an apprentice of the twenty-fifth Fujiwara Kanefusa. His forge is in Hashima, in Gifu, where he also makes knives, and he has given workshops in North America and Europe.
Monograph
Fusatarō (房太郎)
A Gifu swordsmith trained under the twenty-fifth Fujiwara Kanefusa, told with the level of evidence of each fact.
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