Japanese Chisel Blacksmith List
| Kanji | Mei (Maker's Mark) | Sticker | Brand | Blacksmith | Region | Website |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 二治弘 |  |  | Fujihiro aka Nijihiro | Chutarou Imai | Sanjō, Niigata | |
| ねずみ |  |  | Fujikawa - Nezumi | Fujikawa - top quality line, comes in a few different types of steel | Miki, Hyōgo | |
| 弥作 |  |  | Fujikawa - Yasaku | Fujikawa - standard quality line | Miki, Hyōgo | |
| 舟弘 |  |  | Funahiro | Funatsu Yuuji | Yoita, Niigata | |
| 左久弘 |  | Hidari Hisahiro | Kashigwagi Masataro (II) | |||
| 左久作 |  |  | Hidari Hisasaku | Kisaku Ikegami (I) - Takanbu Ikegami (II) - Nobuyuki Ikegami (III) | Tsukishima, Tokyo | https://www.tokyochuo.net/ |
| 左市弘 |  | Hidari Ichiro | Yamazaki Shouzou | Tokyo | ||
| のぶ弘 |  |  | Hidari Nobuhiro | Iwazaki Eisuke | Miki, Hyōgo | |
| 弘正 |  | Hiromasa | Hasegawa Fujisaku, former apprentence of Santaro Yokosaka. | Tokyo | ||
| 市国 |  | Ichikuni | Hasegawa Fujisaku, former apprentence of Santaro Yokosaka. | |||
| 市次 |  | Ichitsugu | Tokyo | |||
| 五百蔵 |  |  | Iyoroi | Gohyakuzo | Miki, Hyōgo | http://www.ioroi.co.jp/ |
| カネイチ |  | Kaneichi | Hakodate Blacksmithing - Founded by Matsui Keizo former apprentence of Takada Yutaro (Kanese) | Hakodate, Hokkaido | ||
| カネ武 |  | Kanetake | Takahashi Norikazu | Miki, Hyōgo | ||
| 啓寿 |  | Keiju | Nagaoke Keisaburo - second son of Kikuhiromaru (I) | Sanjō, Niigata | ||
| 菊弘丸 |  |  | Kikuhiromaru | Nagaoke Kikuhiromaru (II) | Sanjō, Niigata | |
| 狐 |  |  | Kitsune | Isono Nobuo (I) - Isono Kokichi (II?) | Miki, Hyōgo | |
| 清忠 |  | Kiyotada | Shimamura Chugoro (I) - Shimamura Kozaburo (II) - Shimamura Kiyotada (III) | Tokyo | ||
| 小信 |  | Konobu | Takiguch Rokunosuke (I) Takiguchi Kiyo (II | Tokyo | ||
| 国慶 |  |  | Kunikei | Ikeda Yoshiro (III) | Sanjō, Niigata | |
| 正彦 |  | Masahiko | Fujikura Mannosuke whose primary mark is Sukechika. | |||
| 東一正芳 |  | Masayoshi, Azuma - early mark (right) doesn't have "東一" but does have Tokyo Guild stamp | Kato Yunosuke | Tokyo | ||
| 正よし |  | Masayoshi | Doesn't seem to be the same smith that makes Azuma Masayoshi. Unclear who the smith is | |||
| 光弘 |  |  | Mitsuhiro | Wholesale brand. At one point these were made by Okayama Takeshi (Yamahiro) but this stamp was used for other smith’s work too. | Sanjō, Niigata | |
| 光月 |  | Kogetsu | Yamazaki Nobutsugu, former apprentence of Santaro Yokosaka. | Fujisawa, Kanagawa | ||
| 宮永 |  |  | Miyanaga | Miyanaga Chisel Mfg. Co | Miki, Hyōgo | |
| 長弘 |  | Nagahiro aka Osahiro | Tanaka Akijirou (I) - Tanaka Ichirou (II) | Tokyo | ||
| のら |  | Nora | Hiroo Yamashita | Chiba | ||
| 大内 |  |  | Ouchi | Kotaro (I) - Kakusaburo (II) - Mitsuaki (III) - Toshiaki (IV) | Miki, Hyōgo | https://kajiya.nobody.jp/ |
| 小山市 |  |  | Koyamaichi | Oyama, Tochigi | ||
| 助近 |  | Sukechika | Fujikura Mannosuke | Kokubunji, Tokyo | ||
| 助國 |  | Sukekuni | ||||
| 助丸 |  |  | Sukemaru | Usui Kozaburo (I) - Usui Kinzaburo (III) - Usui Yoshiro (IV) | Yoita, Niigata | |
| 孝弘 |  | Takahiro | Maruyama Takahiro | Urawa, Saitama | ||
| 高芝 |  |  | Takashiba | Ikuo Takashiba | Miki, Hyōgo | |
| 高昇 |  | Takasho | Takahashi, cousin of Kanetake | Miki, Hyōgo | ||
| 田齋 |  | Tasai | Akio Tasai (I) - Michio Tasai (II) | Sanjō, Niigata | http://www.soho-net.ne.jp/~tasai/ | |
| 山弘 |  |  | Yamahiro | Okayama Takeshi | Sanjō, Niigata | |
| よし弘 |  | Yoshihiro | Niigata | |||
| 吉弘 |  | Yoshihiro | Suzuki Yoshigorou (I) | Kita-Ku, Tokyo |