Help with a smith “ Gashu ju Fujiwara Nagatsugu”

[Jon]

I’ve been trying to find the Shinto smith Gashu ju Fujiwara nagatsugu, (賀州住藤原長次) , but I cannot find him on any of the smith data bases anyone know anything about this smith ?

 

cheers Jon

[mywei]

Kaga Shinto smith

2 generations, active around Jokyo-Joo era

 

See refs

https://www.toukenko...i&katanaA050623.html

 

https://sword-auction.com/en/product/9105/as21495-刀：加賀住藤原長次初代/

 

 

[mecox]

Jon and Matt, have a look at this report on NMB, covers most Kashu-to.  Search it, shows family, plus p. 68 also example oshigata.

 

[mywei]

13 minutes ago, mecox said:

Jon and Matt, have a look at this report on NMB, covers most Kashu-to.  Search it, shows family, plus p. 68 also example oshigata.

 

Looks like a great resource!

Thanks for sharing

[Jon]

5 minutes ago, mywei said:

Looks like a great resource

Indeed, that’s a great read, thanks both for the help,  looks like he’s a pretty low average smith at best.