Kantei

Undocumented smith

Noto no Kami Yasuyuki (能登守泰幸)

A smith without published documentation: what is not on record about him and who not to confuse him with

Noto no Kami Yasuyuki (能登守泰幸, Noto no Kami Yasuyuki) is a smith with the title of Noto no Kami for whom no published documentation has been found: no encyclopaedia, museum or cutting list among the sources cited records him, and no blade of his is known in a museum.

None known
Blades in museums
Not listed
Yamada cutting list
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  2. In short

Quick profile

Name
Noto no Kami Yasuyuki AT
Kanji and reading
能登守泰幸 (Noto no Kami Yasuyuki) AT
Period
Not recorded in the sources cited PC
Title
Noto no Kami (能登守, Noto no Kami); no year in the sources cited AT
Documented fact and tradition
His province, his school, his master, his dates and his manner are undocumented in the sources cited. PC

In short

What we know. That he does not appear in the wazamono lists, in Tomita Kiyama’s ranking or in Wikipedia.

How we know it. From those lists and from the Japanese and English Wikipedia.

What we do not know. Where and when he worked, who he learned from, how he forged and whether any blade of his is in a museum.

Sections

  1. What is on record and what is not Life and times His absence from the lists and the namesakes.
  2. Bibliography and credits Sources The sources consulted, with their link where possible.