Kashū Kagemitsu

加州景光 (Kashū Kagemitsu)

Lineage: the signature does not state the generation

Name of a smith of Kaga (Kashū) that the reference works do not record; not to be confused with Kagemitsu (景光) of Osafune.

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Kashū Kagemitsu is a name that places one or more smiths in Kaga province (Kashū). The reference works consulted record no Kagemitsu of Kaga, so it cannot be determined who signed it or when. He must not be confused with Kagemitsu (景光), a smith of the Osafune school, in Bizen, of the late Kamakura period.

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