Ogawa Kanekuni

尾川兼國 (Ogawa Kanekuni)

Generation 2

A smith born in 1953, the second Ogawa Kanekuni, made mukansa by the NBTHK in 2010.

An unmounted katana on a wooden stand inlaid with mother-of-pearl.
Photo: dealer in Japan

Profile

Ogawa Kanekuni, the second of the two smiths of that name, was born in 1953. The NBTHK made him mukansa in 2010, four years after the first Kanekuni.

Monograph

Ogawa Kanekuni (尾川兼國) The second Kanekuni, son and pupil of the first, mukansa since 2009, told with the level of evidence of each fact. Read the monograph

Rankings

  • Mukansa since 2010

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