Higo no Kami Kuniyasu
肥後守国康 (Higo no Kami Kuniyasu)
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A name borne by Osaka smiths of the early Edo period; according to Japanese Wikipedia, the first was the third son of the first Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke and excelled in chōji midare.
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According to Japanese Wikipedia, the first Higo no Kami Kuniyasu (肥後守国康) was the third son of the first Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke and the younger brother of the second Kunisuke, known as Naka-Kawachi; his other brothers were Musashi no Kami Kunitsugu and Ise no Kami Kuniteru. What he did best was the chōji midare temper, and some of his works surpass those of Naka-Kawachi. The Yamada cutting list puts the first generation in the second grade, that of ō-wazamono.
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Higo no Kami Kuniyasu (肥後守国康) What Higo no Kami Kuniyasu is, a name of several generations, and what is documented. Read the monographRankings
- Maegashira (West) in Tomita Kiyama’s ranking of shintō smiths (1935)
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