Takami Kuniichi

高見國一 (Takami Kuniichi)

A smith from Sayō, in Hyōgo, born in 1973 and mukansa since 2019; in 2018 he made the copy of the tachi Shishiō that was offered at the Takeda castle ruins.

Portrait of a young swordsmith with a cloth on his head and white work clothes, seated in his forge.
Photo: the smith himself

Profile

Takami Kuniichi was born in 1973 and works in Sayō, in Hyōgo prefecture. The NBTHK made him mukansa in 2019. A public fund-raising commissioned from him the copy of the tachi Shishiō to honour the memory of Saimura Masahiro; the copy was offered in April 2018 at the Takeda castle ruins.

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Takami Kuniichi (高見國一) Who he is, in a profile and a summary, with the level of evidence of each fact. Read the monograph

Notable works

  • Copy of the tachi Shishiō, offered in 2018 at the Takeda castle ruins.

Rankings

  • Mukansa since 2019

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