BIG Posted March 19, 2016 Report Posted March 19, 2016 Hi all, I read our FAQ article, Markus blog and the Robert Cole sho-shin.com side. Do we have more sources, books about swordsmith titles? Any input welcome... Best Regards Quote
george trotter Posted March 20, 2016 Report Posted March 20, 2016 Hi Peter, Hawley put out a list of swordsmith titles in a booklet called "Honorary Titles used by Swordsmiths" in 1974, but this is number keyed to his old "Blue Books" of 1966. The "Nihonto Meikan" has a list of about 50 pages of them in the back (much more comprehensive than Hawley's) but of course it is in Japanese. I don't know of any others, sorry. Quote
BIG Posted March 20, 2016 Author Report Posted March 20, 2016 Thanks George, I thought the titles were mainly a shinto period " mode" .. Best Regards Quote
Shugyosha Posted March 20, 2016 Report Posted March 20, 2016 Hi Peter, Sorry if you know this already or it's not what you want, but if you look at Markus Sesko's compendium under the research link there is a section in there that lists the titles awarded to smiths. I think it's exhaustive. Best, John 1 Quote
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