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Maker marks, brands and logos (112)
| Mark | Reads | Kind | Maker | City | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 吉兼作 | Yoshikane saku | mei | Yoshikane Hamono | Sanjo, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 吉兼久作 | Yoshikane Hisa saku | mei | Yoshikane Hamono | Sanjo, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 吉金 | Yoshikane (company name) | brand | Yoshikane Hamono | Sanjo, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 司作 | Tsukasa saku | mei | Hinoura Hamono Kobo | Sanjo, Niigata | Maker website |
| 日野浦司 | Hinoura Tsukasa | mei | Hinoura Hamono Kobo | Sanjo, Niigata | Maker website |
| 味方屋作 | Ajikataya saku | mei | Hinoura Hamono Kobo | Sanjo, Niigata | Maker website |
| 味方屋 | Ajikataya | brand | Hinoura Hamono Kobo | Sanjo, Niigata | Maker website |
| タダフサ | Tadafusa | logo | Tadafusa (Hocho Kobo Tadafusa) | Sanjo, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 忠房 | Tadafusa | mei | Tadafusa (Hocho Kobo Tadafusa) | Sanjo, Niigata | Documented |
| 藤次郎 | Tojiro | logo | Tojiro | Tsubame, Niigata | Seen in person |
| TOJIRO | Tojiro | logo | Tojiro | Tsubame, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 藤次郎作 | Tojiro saku | mei | Tojiro | Tsubame, Niigata | Documented |
| 疾風 | Shippu | brand | Tojiro | Tsubame, Niigata | Maker website |
| GLOBAL | Global | logo | Yoshida Metal Industry (GLOBAL) | Tsubame, Niigata | Seen in person |
| GLOBAL-IST | Global-IST | logo | Yoshida Metal Industry (GLOBAL) | Tsubame, Niigata | Seen in person |
| Brieto | Brieto | logo | Kataoka Seisakusho (Brieto / TAMAHAGANE) | Tsubame, Niigata | Seen in person |
| ブライト | Brieto | brand | Kataoka Seisakusho (Brieto / TAMAHAGANE) | Tsubame, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 響十 | Kyoto (TAMAHAGANE) | mei | Kataoka Seisakusho (Brieto / TAMAHAGANE) | Tsubame, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 越乃昇龍 | Koshi no Shoryu | brand | Kataoka Seisakusho (Brieto / TAMAHAGANE) | Tsubame, Niigata | Documented |
| TAMAHAGANE | Tamahagane | logo | Kataoka Seisakusho (Brieto / TAMAHAGANE) | Tsubame, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 下村 | Shimomura | brand | Shimomura Kogyo | Tsubame, Niigata | Seen in person |
| ヴェルダン | Verdun | brand | Shimomura Kogyo | Tsubame, Niigata | Maker website |
| 村斗 | Murato | brand | Shimomura Kogyo | Tsubame, Niigata | Maker website |
| 雲竜 | Un-ryu | brand | Shimomura Kogyo | Tsubame, Niigata | Maker website |
| 龍治 | Ryuji | brand | Shimomura Kogyo | Tsubame, Niigata | Maker website |
| 哲弘 | Tetsuhiro | mei | Kiryu Kogyo (Tetsuhiro) | Sanjo, Niigata | Maker website |
| 桐生 | Kiryu | brand | Kiryu Kogyo (Tetsuhiro) | Sanjo, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 左藤蔵 | Hidari Tozo | mei | Sekikawa (Hidari Tozo) | Tsubame, Niigata | Documented |
| セキカワ | Sekikawa | brand | Sekikawa (Hidari Tozo) | Tsubame, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 定明作 | Sadaaki saku | mei | Nakagawa Shokai (Sadaaki 定明) | Tsubame, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 定明 | Sadaaki | brand | Nakagawa Shokai (Sadaaki 定明) | Tsubame, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 金次郎 | Kinjiro | mei | Wakui Bar Hamono (forges Kinjiro) | Sanjo, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 涌井 | Wakui | mei | Wakui Bar Hamono (forges Kinjiro) | Sanjo, Niigata | Documented |
| 山人 | Yamabito | brand | Wakui Co. (Kinjiro · Yamabito) | Sanjo, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 剛剣 | Goken | brand | Wakui Co. (Kinjiro · Yamabito) | Sanjo, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 重房 | Shigefusa | mei | Shigefusa (Kairo Iizuka) | Sanjo, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 剣謙心 | Tsurugi Kenshin | mei | Tsurugi Kenshin | Sanjo, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 鋼典 | Kanenori | mei | Igarashi Hamono Kogyo (Kanenori) | Sanjo, Niigata | Seen in person |
| BABACHO | Babacho | brand | Babacho Kanamono (BABACHO · Chozaburo) | Sanjo, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 長三郎 | Chozaburo | mei | Babacho Kanamono (BABACHO · Chozaburo) | Sanjo, Niigata | Maker website |
| 多喜火 | Takibi | brand | Babacho Kanamono (BABACHO · Chozaburo) | Sanjo, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 切れるよろこび | Kireru Yorokobi | mei | Babacho Co. (Kireru Yorokobi) | Mitsuke (next to Sanjo), Niigata | Seen in person |
| Muthos Homura | Muthos Homura | logo | Kobayashi Kogu (Muthos Homura) | Sanjo, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 六四郎 | Rokushiro | mei | Yajimaya (ROKUSHIRO) | Tsubame, Niigata | Seen in person |
| ROKUSHIRO | Rokushiro | logo | Yajimaya (ROKUSHIRO) | Tsubame, Niigata | Seen in person |
| 堺孝行 | Sakai Takayuki | brand | Sakai Takayuki (Aoki Hamono) | Sakai, Osaka | Maker website |
| 孝行 | Takayuki | mei | Sakai Takayuki (Aoki Hamono) | Sakai, Osaka | Documented |
| 實光 | Jikko | brand | Jikko Cutlery | Sakai, Osaka | Maker website |
| 酔心 | Suisin | brand | Suisin | Sakai, Osaka | Maker website |
| 水野鍛錬所 | Mizuno Tanrenjo | mei | Mizuno Tanrenjo | Sakai, Osaka | Maker website |
| 水野 | Mizuno | mei | Mizuno Tanrenjo | Sakai, Osaka | Documented |
| 芦 | Ashi | logo | Ashi Hamono (Ginga) | Sakai, Osaka | Documented |
| 銀河 | Ginga | brand | Ashi Hamono (Ginga) | Sakai, Osaka | Documented |
| 堺一文字光秀 | Sakai Ichimonji Mitsuhide | brand | Sakai Ichimonji Mitsuhide | Osaka (Namba) | Maker website |
| 一文字光秀 | Ichimonji Mitsuhide | brand | Sakai Ichimonji Mitsuhide | Osaka (Namba) | Maker website |
| 堺菊守 | Sakai Kikumori | brand | Sakai Kikumori (Kawamura Hamono) | Sakai, Osaka | Maker website |
| 菊守 | Kikumori | brand | Sakai Kikumori (Kawamura Hamono) | Sakai, Osaka | Maker website |
| 正本 | Masamoto | brand | Masamoto Sohonten | Tokyo | Maker website |
| 築地正本 | Tsukiji Masamoto | brand | Tsukiji Masamoto | Tokyo (Tsukiji) | Maker website |
| 杉本 | Sugimoto | brand | Sugimoto | Tokyo (Tsukiji) | Maker website |
| 子の日 | Nenohi | brand | Nenohi / Nenox | Tokyo | Maker website |
| 照康 | Teruyasu | mei | Fujiwara Teruyasu | Tokyo | Maker website |
| 藤原照康 | Fujiwara Teruyasu | mei | Fujiwara Teruyasu | Tokyo | Maker website |
| 有次 | Aritsugu | brand | Aritsugu (Kyoto) | Kyoto | Maker website |
| 菊一 | Kikuichi | brand | Kikuichi (Kikuichimonji Shiro Kanenaga) | Nara | Maker website |
| 関孫六 | Seki Magoroku | brand | Kai Corporation (Seki Magoroku, Shun) | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| 孫六 | Magoroku | brand | Kai Corporation (Seki Magoroku, Shun) | Seki, Gifu | Documented |
| 旬 | Shun | brand | Kai Corporation (Seki Magoroku, Shun) | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| 正広 | Masahiro | brand | Masahiro | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| MISONO | Misono | logo | Misono Cutlery | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| 兼房 | Kanefusa | mei | Fujiwara Kanefusa | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| 藤原兼房 | Fujiwara Kanefusa | mei | Fujiwara Kanefusa | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| 関兼常 | Seki Kanetsune | brand | Kanetsune (Kitasho) | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| 兼常 | Kanetsune | brand | Kanetsune (Kitasho) | Seki, Gifu | Documented |
| 兼秀 | Kanehide | brand | Kanehide | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| 関兼次 | Seki Kanetsugu | brand | Seki Kanetsugu | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| 兼次 | Kanetsugu | brand | Seki Kanetsugu | Seki, Gifu | Documented |
| YAXELL | Yaxell | logo | Yaxell | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| MAC | MAC | logo | MAC Knife | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| 高村 | Takamura | mei | Takamura Hamono | Echizen, Fukui | Maker website |
| 黒崎優 | Kurosaki Yu | mei | Kurosaki Yu (Kurosaki Uchihamono) | Echizen, Fukui | Maker website |
| 優作 | Yu saku | mei | Kurosaki Yu (Kurosaki Uchihamono) | Echizen, Fukui | Documented |
| 雫 | Shizuku | brand | Kurosaki Yu (Kurosaki Uchihamono) | Echizen, Fukui | Documented |
| 閃光 | Senko | brand | Kurosaki Yu (Kurosaki Uchihamono) | Echizen, Fukui | Maker website |
| 風神 | Fujin | brand | Kurosaki Yu (Kurosaki Uchihamono) | Echizen, Fukui | Maker website |
| 義実 | Yoshimi | mei | Kato Yoshimi (Kanehiro Hamono) | Echizen, Fukui | Documented |
| 安立 | Anryu | mei | Anryu Katsushige | Echizen, Fukui | Documented |
| 龍泉 | Ryusen | brand | Ryusen Hamono | Echizen, Fukui | Maker website |
| 盛高 | Moritaka | mei | Moritaka Hamono | Yatsushiro, Kumamoto | Maker website |
| 仙蔵 | Senzo | brand | Suncraft | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| SUNCRAFT | Suncraft | logo | Suncraft | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| 雅 | Miyabi | brand | Miyabi (Zwilling J.A. Henckels, Seki factory) | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| MIYABI | Miyabi | logo | Miyabi (Zwilling J.A. Henckels, Seki factory) | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| 要 | Kaname | brand | Kai Corporation (Seki Magoroku, Shun) | Seki, Gifu | Documented |
| 金寿 | Kinju | brand | Kai Corporation (Seki Magoroku, Shun) | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| 銀寿 | Ginju | brand | Kai Corporation (Seki Magoroku, Shun) | Seki, Gifu | Maker website |
| 誠貴作 | Shigeki saku | mei | Tanaka Shigeki (Tanaka Kazuyuki Hamono) | Miki, Hyogo | Documented |
| 田中誠貴 | Tanaka Shigeki | mei | Tanaka Shigeki (Tanaka Kazuyuki Hamono) | Miki, Hyogo | Maker website |
| 初心 | Hatsukokoro | brand | Hatsukokoro | Amagasaki, Hyogo | Maker website |
| 銀嶺 | Ginrei | brand | Hatsukokoro | Amagasaki, Hyogo | Documented |
| つば屋 | Tsubaya | brand | Tsubaya (Kappabashi shop brand) | Tokyo (Kappabashi) | Documented |
| 景清 | Kagekiyo | brand | Baba Hamono (Kagekiyo) | Sakai, Osaka | Maker website |
| 高田の刃物 | Takada no Hamono | brand | Takada no Hamono | Sakai, Osaka | Documented |
| KONOSUKE | Konosuke | logo | Konosuke | Sakai, Osaka | Maker website |
| 藤山 | Fujiyama | brand | Konosuke | Sakai, Osaka | Documented |
| 義弘 | Yoshihiro | brand | Yamawaki Hamono (Gou Umanosuke Yoshihiro) | Sakai, Osaka | Maker website |
| 郷右馬允義弘 | Gou Umanosuke Yoshihiro | brand | Yamawaki Hamono (Gou Umanosuke Yoshihiro) | Sakai, Osaka | Maker website |
| 二唐 | Nigara | mei | Nigara Hamono | Hirosaki, Aomori | Maker website |
| 暗紋 | Anmon | brand | Nigara Hamono | Hirosaki, Aomori | Maker website |
| 松原 | Matsubara | brand | Matsubara (Tanaka Kama Kogyo) | Omura, Nagasaki | Documented |
| かまた | Kamata | brand | Kamata Hakensha (Kappabashi shop) | Tokyo (Kappabashi) | Documented |
| HITOHIRA | Hitohira | logo | Hitohira | Tokyo | Maker website |
Words that are not names (28)
These appear on blades, boxes and labels. None of them identify a maker.
| Mark | Reads | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 作 | saku | 'made by' — follows the maker's name |
| 久作 | hisa-saku | suffix variant seen on Yoshikane marks (吉兼久作) |
| 本焼 | honyaki | mono-steel, fully hardened blade — the hardest to make and sharpen |
| 霞 | kasumi | carbon core with soft-iron cladding (shop code A in Sanjo) |
| 割込 | warikomi | laminated: hard core wrapped in softer steel or stainless |
| 本割込 | hon-warikomi | 'true laminated' — marketing emphasis on warikomi |
| 三枚 | san-mai | three-layer construction |
| 鍛造 | tanzo | forged |
| 鍛地 | kitaeji | folded-steel texture (Shigefusa) |
| 槌目 | tsuchime | hammered finish |
| 梨地 | nashiji | pear-skin finish (Yoshikane, Kinjiro) |
| 黒打 | kurouchi | forge-black finish |
| 黒染 | kurozome | chemically blackened stainless (Kenshin, Sanjo speciality) |
| 水牛 | suigyu | buffalo-horn ferrule |
| 栗柄 | kuri-e | chestnut handle; 焼栗 = roasted/carbonised chestnut |
| 八角 | hakkaku | octagonal handle |
| 山桜 | yamazakura | mountain-cherry handle |
| 縞黒檀 | shima-kokutan | striped ebony handle |
| 朴 | ho | magnolia handle (traditional wa-handle wood) |
| 青紙 | aogami | Blue Paper steel |
| 白紙 | shirogami | White Paper steel |
| 特青 | tokuao | Aogami Super (shorthand) |
| 登録商標 | toroku shohyo | 'registered trademark' — not a name |
| 参考出品 | sanko shuppin | 'reference exhibit' (not for sale) — seen on the Shigefusa display |
| 鮭切 | sake-kiri | salmon knife |
| 蛸引 | takobiki | square-tip sashimi knife |
| 鯵切 | ajikiri | small deba |
| 鉈 | nata | hatchet / camp blade |