Hirata Sukehira
平田祐平 (Hirata Sukehira)
A Tokyo smith who trained for thirteen years with Ueda Sukesada in Osafune; his forge is in Ōme.
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Hirata Sukehira (平田祐平) was born in Kodaira, in Tokyo. He trained for thirteen years with Ueda Sukesada in Osafune (Okayama prefecture), where he also learned to make his own steel. Today his forge is in Ōme, in Tokyo.
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Hirata Sukehira (平田祐平)
A swordsmith from Tokyo who makes his own steel, told with the level of evidence of each fact.
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