Okayama Kunimune
岡山国宗 (Okayama Kunimune)
Smith of Okayama, in Bizen, who signed Bishū Okayama-jū Fujiwara Kunimune; he appears in the Japanese classification of smiths by cutting quality.
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Kunimune is a smith of Okayama, in Bizen, known from his signature, 備州岡山住藤原国宗造 (Bishū Okayama-jū Fujiwara Kunimune tsukuru), with the uji Fujiwara before the name. The Japanese classification of smiths by cutting quality, which Japanese Wikipedia records from the Kaihō Kenjaku (懐宝剣尺) and other books, lists him as Okayama Kunimune (岡山国宗), without distinguishing generations. The reference works consulted do not record his years, his training or his teacher.
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- Yoki-wazamono (very good) (Kaihō Kenjaku, 1797)
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