Gotō Hōjō (後藤方乗) or Mitsuaki (光晃) excelled in skill amongst the latter Gotō craftsmen.

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Imamura Chōga was a sword expert and a connoisseur of a high level, he was engaged in cataloging the Imperial Household Collection

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Masaharu studied under his father Tamagawa Yoshonaga then he moved to Edo for continue his education under Ishiguro Masatsune.

Masanobu seems to have been the most talented artist other than Hamano Shōzui himself.

Gotō Mitsuhisa was known as a very skillful master of the late Edo period. He was the nephew of Gotō Ichijō (後藤一乗) and worked in the Ichijō style.

Among the Rai School grand-master swordsmiths, probably the most famous is Rai Kunitoshi who is regarded as one of the first rank tantō makers.

He was born in the third year of the Bunka era (文化, 1806) and was the younger brother of Gotō Ichijō.

Bizen Osafune Nagamitsu (備前長船長光) was the eldest son and heir of Mitsutada (光忠) who was the founder of the Osafune School.

Here one can find a brief visualization of the most commonly used terms for tosogu and koshirae.

Despite the fact that the Fujishiro family has been actively working in the field of the Japanese sword for only three generations, this period was en...