Japanese Chisel Makers

	A	B	C	D	E	F	G
1	ema	Mei (Maker's Mark)	Sticker	Brand	Blacksmith	Region	Website
2	二治弘			Fujihiro aka Nijihiro	Chutarou Imai	Sanjō, Niigata
3	ねずみ			Fujikawa - Nezumi	Fujikawa's top quality line, comes in a few different types of steel	Miki, Hyōgo
4	弥作			Fujikawa - Yasaku	Fujikawa's standard professional grade line	Miki, Hyōgo
5	舟弘			Funahiro	Funatsu Yuuji	Yoita, Niigata
6	左久弘			Hidari Hisahiro	Kashigwagi Masataro (II)
7	左久作			Hidari Hisasaku	Kisaku Ikegami (I) - Takanbu Ikegami (II) - Nobuyuki Ikegami (III)	Tsukishima, Tokyo	https://www.tokyochuo.net/
8	左市弘			Hidari Ichiro	Yamazaki Shouzou	Tokyo
9	のぶ弘			Hidari Nobuhiro	Iwazaki Eisuke	Miki, Hyōgo
10	弘正			Hiromasa	Hasegawa Fujisaku, former apprentence of Santaro Yokosaka.	Tokyo
11	市国			Ichikuni	Hasegawa Fujisaku, former apprentence of Santaro Yokosaka.
12	市次			Ichitsugu		Tokyo
13	五百蔵			Iyoroi	Gohyakuzo	Miki, Hyōgo	http://www.ioroi.co.jp/
14	カネイチ			Kaneichi	Hakodate Blacksmithing - Founded by Matsui Keizo former apprentence of Takada Yutaro (Kanese)	Hakodate, Hokkaido
15	カネ武			Kanetake	Takahashi Norikazu	Miki, Hyōgo
16	啓寿			Keiju	Nagaoke Keisaburo - second son of Kikuhiromaru (I)	Sanjō, Niigata	https://www.japan-tool.com/nomi/keiju_nomi/Keiju_Oiire.html
17	菊弘丸			Kikuhiromaru	Nagaoke Kikuhiromaru (II)	Sanjō, Niigata	https://www.japan-tool.com/nomi/Kikuhiro_Oiire/Kikuhiro_Oiire.html
18	狐			Kitsune	Isono Nobuo (I) - Isono Kokichi (II?)	Miki, Hyōgo
19	清忠			Kiyotada	Shimamura Chugoro (I) - Shimamura Kozaburo (II) - Shimamura Kiyotada (III)	Tokyo
20	小信			Konobu	Takiguch Rokunosuke (I) Takiguchi Kiyo (II	Tokyo
21	国慶			Kunikei	Ikeda Yoshiro (III)	Sanjō, Niigata	https://www.japan-tool.com/tech_knlg/blacksmith/Kunikei/Kunikei.html
22	正彦			Masahiko	Fujikura Mannosuke whose primary mark is Sukechika.
23	東一正芳			Masayoshi, Azuma - early mark (right) doesn't have "東一" but does have Tokyo Guild stamp	Kato Yunosuke	Tokyo
24	正よし			Masayoshi	Doesn't seem to be the same smith that makes Azuma Masayoshi. Unclear who the smith is
25	光弘			Mitsuhiro	Wholesale brand that worked with various blacksmiths. Yamahiro was one of them but it will be difficult to identify his work vs others with this stamp.	Sanjō, Niigata
26	光月			Kogetsu	Yamazaki Nobutsugu, former apprentence of Santaro Yokosaka.	Fujisawa, Kanagawa
27	宮永			Miyanaga	Miyanaga Chisel Mfg. Co	Miki, Hyōgo
28	長弘			Nagahiro aka Osahiro	Tanaka Akijirou (I) - Tanaka Ichirou (II)	Tokyo
29	のら			Nora	Hiroo Yamashita	Chiba
30	大内			Ouchi	Kotaro (I) - Kakusaburo (II) - Mitsuaki (III) - Toshiaki (IV)i	Miki, Hyōgo	https://kajiya.nobody.jp/
31	小山市			Koyamaichi	Kei Koyama (III)	Miki, Hyōgo
32	助近			Sukechika	Fujikura Mannosuke	Kokubunji, Tokyo
33	助國			Sukekuni
34	助丸			Sukemaru	Usui Kozaburo (I) - Usui Kinzaburo (III) - Usui Yoshiro (IV)	Yoita, Niigata	https://yoita-uchihamono.com/global/craftsman/usui/
35	孝弘			Takahiro	Maruyama Takahiro	Urawa, Saitama
36	高芝			Takashiba	Ikuo Takashiba	Miki, Hyōgo
37	高昇			Takasho	Takahashi, cousin of Kanetake	Miki, Hyōgo
38	田齋			Tasai	Akio Tasai (I) - Michio Tasai (II)	Sanjō, Niigata	http://www.soho-net.ne.jp/~tasai/
39	山弘			Yamahiro	Okayama Takeshi	Sanjō, Niigata
40	よし弘			Yoshihiro		Niigata
41	吉弘			Yoshihiro	Suzuki Yoshigorou (I)	Kita-Ku, Tokyo
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