Museums of Kōchi, Kyoto and Tokyo

Famous works

No National Treasures or Important Cultural Properties: his works in museums, his treatise and the swords of his clients.

On this page
  1. Documented works
  2. In the lists
  3. The katana of 1853
  4. Gallery

Documented works

WorkDesignationWhere it is
Katana of 1853 (Kaei 6), with the 83-character signatureNo known designationKōchi Castle Museum of History
Ōdachi, “Nankaitarō’s big one”No known designationKōchi Castle Museum of History
Tantō 山城国幡枝寓朝尊 (Yamashiro no kuni Hataeda gū Tomotaka)No designationKyoto National Museum (E甲555)
Shintō meishūroku (新刀銘集録), five volumes, preface of 1850No designationTokyo National Museum (QA-3794)
Naginata by his nephew Tomokuni (朝国), 1863 (Bunkyū 3)No designationTokyo National Museum (F-20251)
Katana of Takechi Hanpeita (武市半平太), around 1860No designationWhereabouts not given
Katana of Andō Hayatarō, 1826, broken at the IkedayaNo designationWhereabouts not given

In the lists

In Bunka Isan Online no work of his is recorded as designated a National Treasure or Important Cultural Property, and he does not appear in the wazamono lists or in the Kyōhō meibutsuchō (享保名物帳), of 1719.

The katana of 1853

The Kōchi Castle museum presents it in its video as the sword with the longest name in its collection. He made it in Kyoto for Taniwaki Shigeyuki, of Tosa, in the twelfth month of 1853.