* Image is for illustrative purposes only.Kajiyama Yasunori
梶山靖徳
- Period
- Meiji to Shōwa Period
- School
- Yasukuni-tō (Japanese Sword Forging Association)
- Active Years
- 1933, Yasukuni swordsmith
- Tradition
- Bizen-den
Description
Kajiyama Yasunori was one of the leading swordsmiths of the Shōwa era and, alongside Miyaguchi Yasuhiro, Ikeda Yasumitsu and others, is one of the principal "Yasukuni swordsmiths." His birth name was Kajiyama Tokutarō.
Career
Born in Hiroshima Prefecture. In 1933, he joined the Nihontō Tanren Kai (Japanese Sword Forging Association), established within the precincts of Yasukuni Shrine, was granted the craftsman name "Yasunori," and became a swordsmith.
Reputation
He is regarded as one of the central swordsmiths who carried the Yasukuni sword-making from the early days of the Nihontō Tanren Kai.
Disciples
His students included his nephew Kotani Yasunori and his son Kajiyama Yasutoshi, through whom the craft of Yasukuni sword-making was passed on to the next generation.