Kantei

Ogawa Kanekuni

尾川兼圀 (Ogawa Kanekuni)

First generation (shodai)

A smith (1925-2012), made mukansa by the NBTHK in 2006.

An unmounted katana, resting on a stand of reddish wood with a garland of mother-of-pearl flowers.
Photo: dealer in Japan

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Ogawa Kanekuni, the first of the two smiths of that name, lived from 1925 to 2012. The NBTHK made him mukansa in 2006, the rank that exempts a smith from the jury in its annual contest of new swords.

Monograph

Ogawa Kanekuni I (尾川兼圀) The first of the two Kanekuni of Mino: from the war to mukansa in 2006, with the level of evidence of each fact. Read the monograph

Rankings

  • Mukansa since 2006

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