Myōchin Munehiro

明珍宗裕 (Myōchin Munehiro)

A smith from Himeji, in Hyōgo prefecture; a katana of his received the encouragement prize at the Heisei no Meitō Meikō-ten exhibition.

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Myōchin Munehiro (明珍宗裕) signs with the smith name Munehiro (宗裕) and has his forge in Himeji, in Hyōgo prefecture, according to the member list of the Zen Nihon Tōshōkai (全日本刀匠会), the All Japan Swordsmiths Association.

A 74.0 cm katana of his from 2009, signed Yumesaki-jū Myōchin Munehiro saku (夢前住明珍宗裕作), received the encouragement prize at the Heisei no Meitō Meikō-ten exhibition at the Japanese Sword Museum (2019).

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