Naminohira Sumikiyo

波平純清 (Naminohira Sumikiyo)

Smith of the Naminohira school, of Satsuma, in the kotō period, of whom nothing is known beyond the name.

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Sumikiyo is a smith of Satsuma in the kotō period who is ascribed to the Naminohira (波平) school, a line that forged for the samurai of Satsuma for nine hundred years, from the Heian period to the beginning of Meiji. Nothing is known of him beyond the name: the reference works consulted do not give him an entry of his own or record his dates.

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  1. Blade of Naminohira Sumikiyo

    Rank 368

    Naminohira Sumikiyo

    Kotō (up to 1596) · Satsuma · 70.9 cm Available

    NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon

    €5,370

    Points: 55 points · current max. 255

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