Nihon Genshōsha

日本玄承社 (Nihon Genshōsha)

Lineage: the signature does not state the generation

A company of three young swordsmiths founded in 2019, based in Kyōtango, in Kyoto prefecture.

A low building of dark wood with a light wooden gate and a sacred rope over the entrance.
Photo: the smith himself

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Nihon Genshōsha (日本玄承社) is a company of swordsmiths founded in 2019, based since 2021 in Kyōtango, in Kyoto prefecture. It is made up of three smiths born between 1986 and 1990.

One of them, Miyagi Tomoyuki (宮城朋幸), showed a wakizashi signed Genshō Kameido-jū Tomoyuki (玄承亀戸住朋幸) at the NBTHK Exhibition of Contemporary Sword Craftsmen (Gendai Tōshoku-ten) in 2021, and in 2026 he was selected (nyūsen) in the tachi and katana section.

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Nihon Genshōsha (日本玄承社) A company of three swordsmiths, told with the level of evidence of each fact. Read the monograph

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