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Documented works
| Work | Designation | Where it is |
|---|---|---|
| Katana 肥後守藤原輝広作 (Higo no Kami Fujiwara Teruhiro saku), no. 32 of the “Umetada” exhibition at the Osaka Museum of History (2020) | Not recorded | Private collection |
| Wakizashi 肥後守藤原輝広 (Higo no Kami Fujiwara Teruhiro), in hira-zukuri, from the NBTHK kantei exercise (Sword Journal no. 706, 2015) | Not recorded | Not recorded |
His long blades
In 2015, the NBTHK wrote that no long blade by Higo no Kami Teruhiro survives today. The list of works of the 2020 “Umetada” exhibition, at the Osaka Museum of History and the Japanese Sword Museum, nevertheless includes a katana signed 肥後守藤原輝広作 (Higo no Kami Fujiwara Teruhiro saku), from a private collection, in the part devoted to the Umetada as swordsmiths and tsuba makers. The sources consulted do not say whether that katana is by the first Teruhiro or by another who signed the same way.
No work of his designated National Treasure, Important Cultural Property or Important Art Object is recorded, nor any in a public museum.
In the lists
In the Yamada cutting list (懐宝剣尺, Kaihō Kenjaku, 1797), Higo no Kami Teruhiro (肥後守輝広) is in the fourth grade, that of the wazamono (業物), according to the Japanese and the English Wikipedia. In Tomita Kiyama’s ranking of shintō swordsmiths (1933), published in the 日本刀辞典 新刀篇 (Nihontō Jiten Shintō-hen) in 1935, Higo no Kami Teruhiro, of Aki, is maegashira of the western side, the lowest grade of those listed, according to the translation of the Japanese Sword Index.