Tanigawa Moriyoshi
谷川盛吉 (Tanigawa Moriyoshi)
A smith from Yatsushiro (1920-1990), Tanigawa Moriyoshi, who signed Minamoto Moriyoshi; mukansa of the NBTHK from 1985.
Profile
Tanigawa Moriyoshi was born in 1920 in Yatsushiro, in Kumamoto prefecture, and learned the craft from the age of thirteen with the Kongō Byōe school of his town. He signed Minamoto Moriyoshi and is best known for his copies of Minamoto Kiyomaro. The NBTHK made him mukansa in 1985, the rank that exempts a smith from the jury in its annual contest of new swords. He died in 1990.
Monograph
Tanigawa Moriyoshi (谷川盛吉)
The Yatsushiro swordsmith who signed 源盛吉 (Minamoto Moriyoshi) and copied Kiyomaro, mukansa in 1985, told with the level of evidence of each fact.
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Notable works
- Tachi: plate 61 of the Gendaitō Meisaku Zukan (p. 123).
- Wakizashi: plate 62 of the Gendaitō Meisaku Zukan (p. 125).
Rankings
- Mukansa since 1985