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Settsu no Kami Tadayuki (摂津守忠行)

A lineage of Osaka smiths in the shadow of the Tadatsuna: the little that is known of it, with the level of evidence for each fact

Settsu no Kami Tadayuki (摂津守忠行, Settsu no Kami Tadayuki) is an Osaka smith name borne by several generations. The first is held to be a relative of the Tadatsuna, the house of Ikkanshi Tadatsuna, and his manner is very close to theirs; the Yamada cutting list places him among the yoki-wazamono. Few long blades with his signature survive.

Yoki-wazamono
Yamada cutting list
Several
Generations
Unknown
Dates of the first
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Quick profile

Name
Settsu no Kami Tadayuki AT
Kanji and reading
摂津守忠行 (Settsu no Kami Tadayuki); the first signed 摂津守藤原忠行 (Settsu no Kami Fujiwara Tadayuki), and from the second on, 摂津守源忠行 (Settsu no Kami Minamoto Tadayuki) AT
Period
Shintō, Edo period; no dates in the sources consulted AT
Province
Settsu (摂津, Settsu), in Osaka AT
School
Ōsaka shintō (大坂新刀, Ōsaka shintō), close to the Tadatsuna house AT
Master and family
According to the Japanese Wikipedia, younger brother of Ōmi no Kami Tadatsuna; it is not known whether of the first Tadatsuna or of Ikkanshi Tadatsuna AT
Title
Settsu no Kami (摂津守, Settsu no Kami); before that he signed 摂州住藤原忠行 (Sesshū jū Fujiwara Tadayuki) AT
Generations
Several with the same name; the sources consulted do not give their dates AT
Rank
The first, yoki-wazamono (良業物, yoki-wazamono) in the Kaihō Kenjaku (懐宝剣尺) of 1797 AT
Documented fact and tradition
Everything that is known comes from the Japanese Wikipedia and the lists. No blade of his is recorded in a museum, nor any designation. PC

In short

What we know. That the name passed through several generations in Osaka, that the first signed Fujiwara and those who followed Minamoto, that he is held to be a relative of Ōmi no Kami Tadatsuna and that the Kaihō Kenjaku places him among the yoki-wazamono.

How we know it. From the Japanese Wikipedia and the wazamono lists.

What we do not know. His dates, those of each generation, his master and whether he made blades for the Tadatsuna with their signature.

Sections

  1. The generations Life and times The first and his kinship with the Tadatsuna, the generations that followed and his place in the lists.
  2. Kantei keys Work and style A manner very close to that of Ikkanshi Tadatsuna, the signature of each generation and what is not on record.
  3. Bibliography and credits Sources The sources consulted, with their link.