Nagakuni & Musashi

[David Price]

Is there any proven connection between the smith Kawachi no Kami Nagakuni and Miyamoto Musashi? I can find very little about this smith. Some swords that are said to have been owned by Musashi were made by Nagakuni but some sources say that Nagakune was born too late and would have been about 12 years old when Musashi died. A third hand source says that in his writings, Musashi told his students to seek out swords made bu Nagakuni.

 

Thanks

Dave P

[SwordGuyJoe]

Dave,

I did a fair amount of research on this and the link to Musashi is not well founded, as when Musashi died, Nagakuni was far to young to be producing swords. It is my understanding that the more likely explanation is that Musashi's student (forgot his name) employed Nagakuni to produce swords for him.

[Baka Gaijin]

Good Afternoon all,

 

Terao Magonojo (寺尾孫之允), Terao Motomenosuke (寺尾 求馬助) & Furuhashi Sozaemon (古橋 惣左衛門).

 

Cheers

 

Malcolm