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This page is a partial list of the most famous Samurai swords, ordered by name of the owner. Obviously there were more then one sword available to every and each of the following personalities. Most belonged to several owners during their history and reached the level of "Kokuho", National Treasures.  
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This page is a partial list of the most famous samurai swords, ordered by name of the owner. Most of those listed belonged to several owners during their history, and are today designated as [[National Treasures]]. In addition, note that while a given sword may be identified with a given historical figure, any given figure owned and used multiple swords over the course of their lives.
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When a picture is not available, there is an Oshigata, a professional drawing showing the details of the blade. Historical accuracy here is sometimes "flexible" due to the high esteem japaneses have of these items. Nonetheless for most of them there is no reason for debating.
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When a picture is not available, there is an ''oshigata'', a professional drawing showing the details of the blade. Historical accuracy here is sometimes flexible due to the high esteem Japanese often hold for these items. Nicknames always refers to the sword, never to the smith.         
When doubts arise in scholar environment, they are reported. Nicknames always refers to the sword, never to the smith.         
   
    
 
    
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* [[Akechi Mitsuhide|Akechi Mitsuhide's]] sword : made by Bishu Osafune ju Chikakage (active in Gen-O, 1319) [http://www.sho-shin.com/chikkag1.JPG Picture]
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* [[Akechi Mitsuhide|Akechi Mitsuhide's]] sword : made by Bishû Osafune ju Chikakage (active in Gen-O, 1319) [http://www.sho-shin.com/chikkag1.JPG Picture]
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* [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru|Ashikaga Yoshiteru's]] sword : made by Osafune Nagamitsu (active 1264-1319),Kokuho, National Treasure. Nicknamed Daihannya (Great Wisdom Personified) changed hands several times as booty, reward or valued present. Amongst it's owners there were Miyoshi Chokei, Miyoshi Yoshitsugu,Oda Nubunaga, Tokugawa Ieyasu, Okudaira Nobumasa and then the Matsudaira clan. [http://www.sho-shin.com/Nagamits.JPG Oshigata]
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*The [[Ashikaga clan]] sword, Ebina Kokaiji: made in [[Yamashiro province]] by Sanjô Kokaiji Munechika ([[Heian period]]). The sword is 29.7cm in length, and was later owned by the [[Toyotomi clan]], and then recovered from [[Osaka Campaigns|Osaka castle]] by the [[Tokugawa shogunate]]. Extant today in the collection of the Tokugawa Art Museum.
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* Go Mizuno O Tenno's sword : made by Ryumon Nobuyoshi - (active 1317) Kokuho, National Treasure [http://www.sho-shin.com/ryumon.JPG Oshigata]
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* [[Ashikaga Yoshiteru|Ashikaga Yoshiteru's]] sword : made by Osafune Nagamitsu (active 1264-1319). National Treasure. Nicknamed Daihannya (Great Wisdom Personified); changed hands several times as booty, reward or valued present. Amongst its owners were [[Miyoshi Chokei]], [[Miyoshi Yoshitsugu]], [[Oda Nobunaga]], [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]], [[Okudaira Nobumasa]], and then the [[Matsudaira clan]]. [http://www.sho-shin.com/Nagamits.JPG Oshigata]
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* Hosokawa Yusai's sword : made by Bungo no Kuni Yukihira (active 987) Kokuho, national Treasure [http://www.sho-shin.com/hosokawa.JPG Picture]  
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* [[Emperor Go-Mizunoo]]'s sword : made by Ryumon Nobuyoshi - (active 1317). National Treasure. [http://www.sho-shin.com/ryumon.JPG Oshigata]
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* [[Ii Naomasa|Ii Naomasa's]] sword:  made by Rai Kunimitsu (debated if Jirobe or Beijo,  active from 1312 or 1350) [http://www.sho-shin.com/naomasa.JPG Picture]
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* [[Hosokawa Yusai|Hosokawa Yûsai's]] sword :  made by Bungo no Kuni Yukihira (active 987). National Treasure. [http://www.sho-shin.com/hosokawa.JPG Picture]  
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* [[Kuroda Yoshitaka|Kuroda "Josui" Yoshitaka's]] sword: made by Hasebe Kunishige (active 1334) Kokuho, National Treasure. It was amongst Oda Nobunaga's favourite swords. [http://www.sho-shin.com/kunishig.JPG Picture]
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* [[Ii Naomasa|Ii Naomasa's]] sword: made by Rai Kunimitsu (debated if Jirôbe or Beijô,  active from 1312 or 1350) [http://www.sho-shin.com/naomasa.JPG Picture]
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* [[Kusunoki Masashige|Kusunoki Masashige's]] sword: made by Osafune Kagemitsu (active 1321) Nicknamed "Koryu", little dragon. Kokuho.
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* [[Kuroda Yoshitaka|Kuroda Josui Yoshitaka's]] sword: made by Hasebe Kunishige (active 1334). National Treasure. This was amongst Oda Nobunaga's favorite swords. [http://www.sho-shin.com/kunishig.JPG Picture]
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Picture:   [http://www.sho-shin.com/Koryu.jpg]
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* [[Kusunoki Masashige|Kusunoki Masashige's]] sword: made by Osafune Kagemitsu (active 1321). Nicknamed Koryû ("little dragon"). National Treasure. [http://www.sho-shin.com/Koryu.jpg Picture]
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* Meiji Tenno's (favourite) sword  : made by Ayanokoji Sadatoshi (active 1232)               Kokuho, National Treasure
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* [[Emperor Meiji]]'s (favorite) sword  : made by Ayanokoji Sadatoshi (active 1232). National Treasure. [http://www.sho-shin.com/ayano1.JPG Picture]   
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Picture: [http://www.sho-shin.com/ayano1.JPG]  
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* [[Minamoto no Yorimasa|Minamoto (Gen San I) Yorimasa's]] sword : unknown maker, nicknamed Shishiô, roughly translated "Lion's King." [http://www.sho-shin.com/lion.JPG Mounting]  
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* Minamoto (Gen San I) Yorimasa's sword : unknown maker, nicknamed "Shishi-O" roughly translated "Lion's King"
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* [[Minamoto no Yorimitsu|Minamoto no Yorimitsu's]] sword : made by Hoki Yasutsuna Daidô (active 806 - questioned) nicknamed Dôjigiri Yasutsuna ("Monster-Cutter Yasutsuna"). National Treasure. [http://www.sho-shin.com/dojigiri.JPG Picture]  
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Mounting: [http://www.sho-shin.com/lion.JPG]  
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* [[Minamoto no Yoshimitsu]]'s (Shinra Saburô's) sword: made by Ohara Sanemori (796-861; date debated) [http://www.sho-shin.com/sanemori.JPG Picture]
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* [[Minamoto Yorimitsu|Minamoto Yorimitsu's]] sword : made by Hoki Yasutsuna "Daido" (active 806 - questioned) nicknamed "Dojigiri Yasutsuna"  "The Monster-Cutter". Kokuho, National Treasure
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* [[Minamoto no Yoshitomo|Minamoto no Yoshitomo's]] sword : made by Choen (date debated) [http://www.sho-shin.com/choen.JPG Picture]
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Picture: [http://www.sho-shin.com/dojigiri.JPG]
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* [[Nabeshima Naoshige|Nabeshima Naoshige's]] sword : made by the school of Etchû Go Yoshihiro.[http://www.sho-shin.com/nabeshim.JPG Picture]  
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* [[Minamoto Yoshimitsu]] (Shinra Saburo)'s sword : made by Ohara Sanemori (796-861
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*[[Niwa Nagahide]]'s sword : made by Chu Aoe school, signature lost by shortening. [http://www.sho-shin.com/niwa.JPG Picture]
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Picture:  [http://www.sho-shin.com/sanemori.JPG]
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*[[Oda Nobunaga|Oda Nobunaga's]] sword, used by his son [[Oda Nobuo]] to fight [[Okada Sukesaburo|Okada Sukesaburô]] at the [[battle of Nagakute]]. Made by Ichimonji Yoshifusa (active 1219). National Treasure. Nicknamed Okadagiri. [http://www.sho-shin.com/okada.JPG Oshigata]
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* [[Minamoto Yoshitomo|Minamoto Yoshitomo's]] sword : made by Choen (date debated)  
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*[[Sakanoue no Tamuramaro]]'s sword : unknown maker, very early work (before 811). [http://www.sho-shin.com/tamura.JPG Picture]
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Picture: [http://www.sho-shin.com/choen.JPG]
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*[[Sanada Nobutsuna|Sanada Gentarôzaemon no Jô Nobutsuna's]] sword : made by Bitchû no kuni (Junin)
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Moritsugu, dated ''Enbun roku-nen ni-gatsu'' (1561 2nd Month). [http://www.sho-shin.com/chu-aoe.JPG Picture]  
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* [[Nabeshima Naoshige|Nabeshima Naoshige's]] sword : made by Etchu Go Yoshihiro school
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*[[Shotoku Taishi|Shôtoku Taishi's]] sword : very early work, date debated. Horimono (carvings) gave it its nickname, "Heishishorin." [http://www.sho-shin.com/heishisho.JPG Picture]
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Picture: [http://www.sho-shin.com/nabeshim.JPG]  
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*[[Takeda Shingen|Takeda Shingen's]] (and then [[Takeda Katsuyori|Katsuyori's]]) sword : made by Go Yoshihiro (1299-1325). [http://www.sho-shin.com/Kai.JPG Oshigata]; Mounting: [http://www.sho-shin.com/kaigkosh.JPG][http://www.sho-shin.com/kaiparts.JPG][http://www.sho-shin.com/kaigtsub.JPG][http://www.sho-shin.com/kaigfuch.JPG]
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*[[Taira no Shigemori|Taira no Shigemori's]] sword : unknown maker. [http://www.sho-shin.com/tairatch.JPG Mounting] 
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Niwa Nagahide's sword : made by Chu Aoe school, signature lost by shorthening
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*[[Takenaka Shigeharu|Takenaka Hanbei Shigeharu's]] sword : made by Osafune Nagamitsu (active 1264-1319). [http://www.sho-shin.com/takenaka.JPG Picture]
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Picture: [http://www.sho-shin.com/niwa.JPG]
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*[[Tokugawa Ieshige]] and [[Tokugawa Ieharu|Ieharu's]] sword: made by Nobukuni (active 1334). This sword is an [[Tanto|Ô-tantô]], a large dagger. [http://www.sho-shin.com/nobukuni.JPG Oshigata]
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*The [[Toyotomi clan]] sword Ichigo Hitofuri, made by the [[Kamakura period]] smith Yoshimitsu. Recovered after the Osaka Campaigns by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].
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[[Oda Nobunaga|Oda Nobunaga's]] sword, used by his son Oda Nobuo to fight Okada Sukesaburo at Nagakute battle : made by Ichimonji Yoshifusa (active 1219) Kokuho, National Treasure, nicknamed "Okadagiri".
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*The Toyotomi clan sword Nansen, made by the Kamakura period smith Ichimonji. Recovered after the Osaka Campaigns by [[Tokugawa Ieyasu]].
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Oshigata: [http://www.sho-shin.com/okada.JPG]
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*[[Uesugi Kenshin|Uesugi Kenshin's]] sword : made by Rai (Niji) Kunitoshi (active 1278-1316). [http://www.sho-shin.com/ken-niji.JPG Picture]
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Sakanoue no Tamuramaro's sword : unknown maker, very early work (before 811)
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==References==
 
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*Morgan Pitelka. "Art, Agency, and Networks in the Career of Tokugawa Ieyasu." in ''A Companion to Asian Art and Architecture''. Wiley-Blackwell, 2011, 460.
Picture:  [http://www.sho-shin.com/tamura.JPG]
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Sanada Gentarozaemon no Jo Nobutsuna's sword : made by Bitchu no Kuni (Junin)
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Moritsugu, dated En-Bun Roku Nen Ni-Gatsu, 1561 2nd Month
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Picture:  [http://www.sho-shin.com/chu-aoe.JPG]
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Shotoku Taishi's sword : very early work, date debated. Horimono (carvings) gave its nickname "Hei-Shi-Sho-Rin"
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Picture:  [http://www.sho-shin.com/heishisho.JPG]
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[[Takeda Shingen|Takeda Shingen's]] (and then [[Takeda Katsuyori|Katsuyori's]] sword : made by Go Yoshihiro (Born 1299 - Died 1325)
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Oshigata: [http://www.sho-shin.com/Kai.JPG]
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Mounting: [http://www.sho-shin.com/kaigkosh.JPG][http://www.sho-shin.com/kaiparts.JPG][http://www.sho-shin.com/kaigtsub.JPG][http://www.sho-shin.com/kaigfuch.JPG]
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Taira Shigemori's sword : unknown maker
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Mounting: [http://www.sho-shin.com/tairatch.JPG] 
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Takenaka "Hanbei" Shigeharu's sword  :  made by Osafune Nagamitsu (active 1264-1319)
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Picture:  [http://www.sho-shin.com/takenaka.JPG]
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Tokugawa Ieshige and Ieharu's sword: made by Nobukuni (active 1334).This  sword is an O-Tanto, a large dagger.
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Oshigata:  [http://www.sho-shin.com/nobukuni.JPG]
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[[Ueasugi Kenshin|Uesugi Kenshin's]] sword : made by Rai (Niji) Kunitoshi (active 1278-1316)
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Picture:  [http://www.sho-shin.com/ken-niji.JPG]
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