06 september 2020 Pattern elements visual glossary Visual glossary of the activity elements layout for Sagami school's grandmasters
25 july 2020 Bizen Osafune Motoshige (備前長船元重) Motoshige was one of the “Sadamune no Santetsu” (貞宗三哲), Three Brilliant Disciples of Sōshū Sadamune, his work style is somewhat distinct from the...
08 june 2020 Hōjōji Kunimitsu (法城寺國光) Historically, Hōjōji Kunimitsu (法城寺国光) is considered as the founder of the Hōjōji School, and he was listed as on of the three disciples of Sōshū...
07 may 2020 Satsuma Oku Motoyasu (薩摩奥元安) Motoyasu’s level of workmanship was very high and it is said that he was to his brother Motohira.
27 april 2020 Sōshū Tsunahiro (相州綱廣) Sōshū Tsunahiro (相州綱廣) revived a lineage of swordsmiths from Sagami province followed to Soshu Tradition from Kamakura period.
01 april 2020 Sōshū Masahiro (相州正廣) One of the brilliant swordsmith of the Nanbokuchō period. He was the son of Hiromitsu or Masamune and continued Sōshū Traditions till to Muromachi tim...
14 february 2020 Hōki no Kami Masayuki (伯耆守正幸) Hōki no Kami Masayuki (伯耆守正幸) was one of the best Satsuma (薩摩) smiths during the late Edo period. Masayuki’s forging technique was superior for...
29 january 2020 Shintōgo Kunishige (新藤五國重) the elder son of Shintōgo Kunimitsu and one the most difficult swordsmith for studying and understanding among all in the history of the so-called old...
24 january 2020 Shintōgo Kunihiro (新藤五國廣) According to data from old manuscripts, he was the second son of Shintōgo Kunimitsu (新藤五國光).
09 january 2020 Daishinbō Yūkei (大進坊祐慶) According to data from old archives, horimono on Yukimitsu’s and Masamune’s blades were engraved mainly by Daishinbō.
06 january 2020 Kuniyasu (國泰) According to transmissions, he was the third son of Shintōgo Kunimitsu (新藤五國光)
01 january 2020 Yamanouchi Kunihiro (山内國弘) a mystery name among all other of the Sagami School’s ancestors.