Kaneda Kunizane
金田國真 (Kaneda Kunizane)
A contemporary smith from Nara prefecture, awarded for his tachi at the NBTHK Exhibition of Contemporary Sword Craftsmen.
Profile
Kaneda Kunizane (金田國真) was born in 1989 in Fukuoka prefecture. In 2008 he entered the forge of Kawachi Kunihira as a live-in pupil, in 2014 he received the licence of the Agency for Cultural Affairs to forge swords, and he works in Yamazoe, in Nara prefecture. At the NBTHK Exhibition of Contemporary Sword Craftsmen (Gendai Tōshoku-ten) he has won a prize almost every year since 2017, mostly with tachi: the Takamatsu-no-miya prize in 2024 and 2026 and the NBTHK President’s Prize in 2025.
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Kaneda Kunizane (金田國真)
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