Collection of photos from WWII smith's

[Itomagoi]

Hello together,
I always find it nice to see a face to the smith. I found a photo of Ishido Teruhide (Kikuchi Seiichi) - 石堂輝秀 (菊池清一) b.1900 - d.1982

I have a sword from him and hope to make others with it also a small joy. 

 

SOURCE:
http://www5e.biglobe.ne.jp/~ttoishi/sub18.htm

https://www.kurashigetools.com/english/

 

Maybe there is interest to collect more photos from WWII smith's here.

[vajo]

Tsukamoto Okimasa 塚本起正

 

(software colored)

 

[Itomagoi]

Toriō Hiromasa - 鳥生博正 b.1908 †1953

[hale1940]

Wow. I really don't have much to add other than I really hope this threat continues. Really interesting stuff.

[BANGBANGSAN]

1952, meeting at Fujiwara's home, Seki swordsmith gets ready for forging the sword again.

Sitting from left to right:
1.朝日新聞記者 Reporter fromThe Asahi Shimbun
2.美濃刀匠擁護會初代會長後藤治兵衛 First President of Mino Swordsmith Advocacy Association Goto Jihei
3.二十三代藤原兼房  23th Gen Fujiwara Kanefusa 
4.栗原彥三郎昭秀 Kurihara Akihide（with walking stick） 
5.關市市長龜山  Seki Mayor Kameyama
Standing from left to right：
1.二十四代藤原兼房 24th Gen Fujiwara Kanefusa 
2.Unknown
3.纐纈兼上 Koketsu Kanekami
4.加藤都男 Kato Kunio
5.小島兼道 Kojima Kanemichi
6.土岐亮信 Toki Sukenobu
7.淺野兼真 Asano Kanezane

8.Unknown
9.後藤兼廣 Goto Kanehiro
10.村山兼俊 Murayama Kanetoshi

[BANGBANGSAN]

This photo was taken the same day, Front roll from left to right:
1.森田兼重 Morita Kaneshige
2.未知 Unknown
3.武山義尚 Takeyama Yoshinao
4.栗山兼明 Kuriyama Kaneaki
5.小島兼則 Kojima Kanenori
Backroll second from left：
藤原兼時 Fujiwara Kanetoki

Others unknown

[Itomagoi]

Awesome Trystan, thank you.

 

Taguchi Kiichi (田口喜一) - Kuni Masatsugu (肥前国正次) b. july 28th 1904

[vajo]

Ikkansai Shigetsugu

 

[Itomagoi]

Left to right: Shōda Masafusa, Asano Kanezane, Katō Kanefusa (23rd. generation)  and Katō Takao

at the 1965 Dai Ichi Fuigo ceremony lighting the first fire of the year in the forge.

[george trotter]

This is Tsukamoto Masakazu 1901-1969 of Fukushima...he was RJT.

Elder brother of Tsukamoto Ikkansai Okimasa and studied under him and his teacher Kasama Ikkansai Shigetsugu shown above.

[Bruce Pennington]

There are a ton of photos on Mel Cox's articles.  Here are but a few:

 

[Itomagoi]

Thanks Bruce. I will try to collect more. Then everything is in one place.

[Itomagoi]

I am looking for a long time for a photo of the Mino (Gifu) smith Niwa Kanehisa 丹羽兼久 (Niwa Kihachi) brother of Murayama Kanetoshi.

Maybe someone has one of you.

[Itomagoi]

[Itomagoi]

[menpo]

Loving this thread! 

does anyone have any pictures of Horii Nobuhide and Ikkansai Kunimori by any chance?

Thanks in advance.

 

Gethin

[IJASWORDS]

I believe this is Nobuhide, if I am reading the book in Japanese correctly. 

[BANGBANGSAN]

Yasukuni Smith 靖國刀匠

[Itomagoi]

Perhaps someone here can help. I think Master Takahashi Yoshimune is sitting on the chair and behind him are his students: Imai Sadahige, Imai Hisatsugu, Minamoto Yoshihide and Toriō Hiromasa? But who is who?

 

SOURCE:

http://www.jp-sword.com/files/blade/yoshimune/yoshimune.htm

[SteveM]

The caption just says Yoshimune surrounded by his students/apprentices. (Yoshimune would indeed be the person who is seated).

[JH Lee]

Rai Kunifusa.  He made my gendaito.

[Itomagoi]

Right: Kato Masakuni/Sanekuni(真国) (real name Kato Matazo) in 1934 at Tokyo.

Left: Maybe Kato Sukekuni(祐国).

 

Big thanks to Kiyoshi Morita.

[lucidorise]

Sakurai masatsugu (manji). Reference source ( nihonto oyoubi nihon shumi)

[lucidorise]

Kii masayuki and chounsai kunimitsu 

[Itomagoi]

[Itomagoi]

YAMAGAMI AKIHISA 山上昭久

[Itomagoi]

守次 則定 Moritsugu Norisada

[Bruno]

I am the care taker of a seki Mitsunobu blade so was looking for a photo of him (and his co-workers)

 

Left:  NAKATA ISAMU KANEHIDE, born 1913, age 28 .

Middle:  NIWA SHUJI KANENOBU, born 1903, age 38.

Right:  KISHI MITSUHIRO MITSUNOBU, born Taisho 13 (1924), age 17.  He was a student of Shuji Kanenobu.

 

By Malcolm E Cox and Kunihiko Toki

 

(I wish I could have it larger so that I could print it though)

[Itomagoi]

I'm looking for a pic of 勝村 正勝 Katsumura Masakatsu. Can someone help me? 

[Volker62]

Kotani Kenzo san aka Kotani Yasunori/Takenori

 

 

private photos

 

the photo on the right shows him in the home for the aged....