INDEX TO NIHONTO NEWSLETTER (Volumes 1 thru 5)
 published by A. Yamanaka, 1968 - 1972

MISCELLANEOUS ARTICLES

Care of Tsuba						Vl	Nl	P25

Definitions of Nihonto and its nomenclature		V1	N4 	P19
	ditto						V1	N5 	P35
	ditto						V1	N6	P32
	ditto						V1	N7	P17
	ditto						V1	N8	P19
	ditto						V1	N9	P38
	ditto						V1	N1	P35
	ditto						VI	N11	P23

Eclectic Collector (R.B.Caldwell)			V2	N7	P33

Etiquette and Care					V1	N2	P6

Historical Figures and their Swords
	Kusunoki Masashige and Koryu Kagemiteu		V1	N8	P27
	Miyamoto Musashi				V1	N4 	P26
	Muramasa and the Tokugawa			V1	N6 	P27
	Oda Nobunaga and his Mitsutada			V1	N3 	P15
	Toyotomi Hidayoshi				V1	N5	P20

History of Sword Judging				V1	N8	P28

Honami and Sword Appraisal (part 1)			V1	N3	P18
	ditto (part II)					V1	N5	P23
	ditto (part III)				V1	N6	P49

Identification of Nihonto through Shape
	Part I						V1	N12	P23
	Part II						V2	N1	P23
	Part III	Kamakura Period			V2	N2	P23
	Part IV		Kamakura Period			V2	N3	P19
	Part V		Yoshino Period			V2	N4	P22
			Yoshino Period			V2	N5	P28
	Part VI		Muromachi Period		V2	N6	P29
	Part VII	Muromachi Period		V2	N8	P20
	Part.VIII	Sengoku Period			V2	N9	P29
	Part IX		Shinto				V2	N10	P38
	Part X		Shinto				V2	N11	P49
	Part XI		Shinto				V2	N12	P41
	Part XII	Shinshinto			V3	N2	P33

Kantei Nyusatsu 	(Part I)			V1	N2	P37
	Ditto		(Part II)			VI	N3 	P27

Nakago Alterations on Koto Blades (Keith Evans)		V1	N4	P31

Making of a Katana					V1	N8	P33

Masamune Jittetsu					V1	N7	P26

Missing Blades	Kokuho					V3	N7	P21
	ditto	Juyo Bijutsu				V3	N8	P28
	ditto	Juyo Bijutsu				V3	N9	P19

Polishing						V1	N4	P22

Sword Hints						V1	N1	P12

Sword History 
	ditto 	Historical Period (pre 806)			V1	N1	P4
	ditto 	Heian Period (806-1183)				V1	N2	P4
	ditto 	Kamakura Period (early) (1184-1218)		V1	N3	P3
	ditto 	Kamakura Period (mid) (1219-1277)		V1	N4	P2
	ditto 	Kamakura Period (late) (1278-1333)		V1	N5	P3
	ditto 	Yoshino Period (1334-1393)			V1	N6	P2
	ditto 	Muromachi Period (1394-1466)			V1	N7	P2
	ditto 	Sengoku (Momoyama) Period (1467-1595)		V1	N8	P3
	ditto 	Tokugawa Period (part 1)(1596-1780)		V1	N9	P3
	ditto 	Tokugawa Period (part II)			V1	N10	P3
	ditto 	Tokugawa Period (part III)			V1	N11	P3
	ditto 	Shinshinto Period (1781-1868)			V1	N12	P6
	ditto 	GendaIto (post Meiji)				V2	N1	P4

The Beginning Collector
	A suggested Method and Procedure (R.B.Caldwell)		V1	N7	P44

Titles of Swordsmithe						V1	N5	P38

Wazamono (Cutting Ability of Nihonto)				V2	N4	P31



Note:

	Tokugawa Jikki Series 	(not indexed)
	Kyoho Meibutsu Cho Series 	(not indexed)
	Famous Swords  (89) Smiths Discussed 	(not Indexed) 

		The Introduction to the Famous Swords series is
		located in V1 N9 P25 and lists the names of the 
		smiths and swords to be described in the many 
		issues to follow. The descriptions start in V1 N12 P18

PROVINCES, SCHOOLS-AND GROUPS, SEIECTED SMITHS

Aki Province					K	V3	N11	P24
Aki Province					S	V4	N11	P23
Aki Province					SS	V5	N6	P12
Amakuni					Yamato	K	V2	N2	P9
Aoe School				Bitchu	K	V3	N11	P3
Awa Province					K	V4	N1	P7
Awa Province					S	V4	N11	P26
Awa Province					SS	V5	N6	P17
Awaji Province					S	V4	N11	P26
Awaji Province					SS	V5 	N6	P17
Awataguchl School (Branch)		Inaba	K	V3	N1 	P12
Awataguchi School		Yamashiro	K	V1	N6	P11
Ayanokoji School		Yamashiro	K	Vl	N7	P8

Bingo Province					K	V3	N11	P19
Bingo Province					S	V4	N11	P12
Bitchu Province					K	V3	N11	P3
Bitchu Province					S	V4	N11	P16
Bizen (Ko)				Bizen	K	V3	N3	P3
Bizen Province					K	V3	N3	P3
Bizen Province					S	V4	N11	P16
Bizen Province					SS	V5	N6	P6
Buke Samurai)Smiths			Musashi	S	V4	N9	P16
Bungo Province					K	V4	N2	P11
Bungo Province					S	V5	N1	P10
Bungo Province					SS	V5	N7 	P9
Buzen Province					K	V4	N2	P6
Buzen Province					S	V5	N1	P10
Buzen Province					SS	V5	N7	P8

Chikugo Province				K	V4	N2	P3
Chikugo Province				S	V5	N1	P8
Chikugo Province				SS	V5	N7	P6
Chikuzen Province				S	V5	N1	P3
Chiyozuru  School	 		Echizen	K	V2	N11	P21
Choji School				Bizen	K	V3	N7	P6
Choshu (Nagato) Province			K	V3	N11	P28
Choshu Nio Group			Nagato	S	V4	N11	P25
Chutei (Tadasada) School		Izumo	K	V3	N2	P5

Dai Minkyo				Hoki	S	V4	N11	P9
Daruma School			Yamashiro	K	V2	N1	P11
Dewa Province					K	V2	N11	P15
Dotanuki School				Higo	K	V4	N3	P16

Echigo Province					K	V3	N1	P3
Echizen Province				K	V2	N11	P21
Echizen Province				S	V4	N10	P15
Echizen Seki Smiths			Echizen	S	V4	N11	P3
Eisho Bizen School			Bizen	K	V3	N9	P11
Enju School				Higo	K	V4	N3	P8
Etchu Province					K	V2	N12	P14
Etchu Province					S	V4	N10	P15

Fujieda Teruyoshl Group			Musashi	SS	V5	N5	P3
Fujishima School			Kaga	K	V2	N12	P7
Fuyuhiro School				Wakasa	K	V2	N11	P19
Fuyuhiro School				Wakasa	S	V4	N10	P15

Gammaku School				Mino	K	V2	N11	P8
Gassan Sadayoshi			Settsu	SS	V5	N3	P11
Gassan School				Dewa	K	V2	N11	P15
Goami School				Bingo	S	V4	N11	P12

Hachiya School				Mino	K	V2	N10	P14
Hamabe Toshinori Group			Inaba	SS	V5	N5	P23
Hankel (Noda) Group			Musashi	S	V4	N8	P16
Harima Province					S	V4	N1	P12
Hasebe School			Yamashiro	K	V1	N12	P10
Hashizume School			Kaga	K	V2	N12	P6
Hatakita (Morichika) School		Bizen	K	V3	N5	P7
Heianjo School			Yamashiro	K	V2	N1	P9
Higo Province					K	V4	N3	P8
Higo Province					S	V5	N2	P6
Hirado Sa School			Hizen.	K	V4	N3	P6
Hiromitsu (Soshu)			Sagami	K	V2	N8	P3
Hiroyoshi School			Hoki	K	V3	N1 	P18
Hitachi Province				SS	V5	N5	P16
Hizen Province					K	V4	N3	P6
Hizen Province					S	V5	N1	P12
Hojoji Group				Musashi	S	V4	N9	P10
Hojoji School				Tajima	K	V3	N1	P10
Hojoji School				Tajima	S	V4	N11 	P9
Hoju School				Mutsu	K	V2	N11	P13
Hoki (Oki) Province				K	V3	N1	P14
Hoki (Oki) Province				S	V4	N11	P9
Horikawa School			Yamashiro	S	V4	N4	P8
Hosho School			Yamato	K	V2	N4 	P4
Hosokawa Masayoshi School		Musashi	SS	V5	N4	P17
Hyuga Province					K	V4	N3	P18
Hyuga Province					S	V5	N1	P3

Ichidai Smiths				Buzen	K	V4	N2	P6
Ichimonji (Fukuoka) School		Bizen	K	V3	N3	P10
Ichimonji (Katayama) School		Bitchu	K	V3	N2	P13
Ichimonji (Shochu) School		Bizen	K	V3	N4	P6
Ichimonji (Yoshioka) School		Bizen	K	V3	N4	P3
Iga Province					K	V2	N5	P6
Inaba Province					K	V3	N1	V12
Inaba Province					S	V4	N11	P9
Inaba Province					SS	V5	N5 	P23
Iruka School				Kii	K	V4	N1	P3
Ise Province					K	V2	N5	P8
Ishido Group				Musashi	S	V4	N9	P14
Ishido School				Omi	S	V4	N9	P21
Ishido School				Settsu	S	V4 	N7 	P7
Iwami Province					K	V3	N2	P6
Iwami Province					S	V4	N11	P9
Iyo Province					S	V4	N11	P26
Iyo Province					SS	V5	N6 	P18
Izumi Province					K	V2	N5	P3
Izumo Province					K	V3	N2 	P3

Jumyo					Mino	K	V2	N9	P6

Kaga Province					K	V2	N12	P3
Kaga Province					S	V4	N11	P5
Kaga Shiro School			Izumi	K	V2	N5	P3
Kaifu School				Awa	K	V4	N1	P7
Kagehide School				Bizen	K	V3	N5	P6
Kai Province					K	V2	N6	P14
Kanabo School				Yamato	K	V2	N4	P7
Kanefusa School				Mino	K	V2	N11	P4
Kanemitsu School			Bizen	K	V3	N6	P4
Kanemoto				Mino	K	V2	N10	P3
Kanesada				Mino	K	V2	N10	P3
Kanesada Group				Mutsu	S	V4	N10	P8
Kunisada (Inoue) School			Settsu	S	V4	N9	P16
Kanesaki Group				Inaba	S	V4	N11	P9
Kanetsune School			Mino	K	V2	N11	P3
Kaneuji					Yamato	K	V2	N3	P8
Kanauji School				Mino	K	V2	N9	P9
Kanewaka (Taujimura)	 		Kaga	S	V4	N11	P7
Kaneyasu (Hidari Mutsu no Kami School)	Setteu	S	V4	N7	P13
Katsukuni (Danari)			Kaga	S	V4	N11	P5
Kawachi Province				K	V2	N4	P9
Kawachi School				Kawachi	K	V2 	N4	P9
Kazuhide Group			Yamashiro	SS	V5	N3	P10
Kii Province					K	V4	N1	P3
Kii Province					S	V4	N11	P26
Kii Province					SS	V5	N6	P16
Kiju School				Yamato	S	V4	N5	P10
Kiyohide Group				Chikugo	SS	V5	N7 	P8
Kiyomaro (Minamoto) Group		Musashi	SS	V5	N5	P5
Kokubinji School			Bizen	K	V3	N4	P4
Kongobei Group			Chikuzen	SS	V5	N7	P7
Kongobei School			Chikuzen	K	V4	N1	P22
Koretsugu Group			Chikuzen	S	V5	N1	P6
Kotetsu (Nagasone)			Musashi	S	V4	N8	P10
Kunihiro (Horikawa)		Yamashiro	S	V4	N4	P8
Kunikane (Hongo) Group			Mutsu	S	V4	N10	P10
Kunikiyo Group				Echizen	S	V4	N10 	P18
Kunimune				Sagami	K	V2	N7	P13
Kunisada (Inoue)			Settsu	S	V4	N6	P16
Kunishige (Hasabe)		Yamashiro	K	V1	N12	P10
Kunisuke (Kawachi no Kami)School	Settsu	S	V4	N6	P3
Kurama School			Yamashiro	K	V2	N1 	P12
Kuwana Uchi (Sengoku era)		Bizen	K	V3	N9	P15

Masahide (Suishinshi) School		Musashi	SS	V5	N4	P3
Masakazu Group				Tosa	SS	V5	N7	P4
Masamune				Sagami	K	V2	N7	P18
Masashige Group				Bizen	S	V4	N11	P18
Masatoshi Group			Mimasaka	SS	V5	N6	P3
Masatsune School			Owari	S	V4	N8	P3
Masayoshi (Hosokawa) School		Musashi	SS	V5	N4	P17
Mihara School				Bingo	K	V3	N11	P19
Mihara (late) School			Bingo	S	V4	N11	P12
Miike School				Chikugo	K	V4	N2	P3
Mikawa Province					K	V2	N5	P14
Mimasaka Province				S	V4	N11	P12
Mimasaka Province				SS	V5	N6	P3
Mino Province					K	V2	N9 	P6
Mino Province					S	V4	N10	P3
Mino Smiths In General				S	V4	N10	P3
Mishina School				Settsu	S	V4	N7	P4
Mishina School			Yamashiro	S	V4	N5	P3
M.izuta (Ko) School			Bitchu	K	V3	N2 	P17
Mizuta School				Bitchu	S	V4	N11	P19
Mogusa School				Mutsu	K	V2	N11	P11
Momokawa School				Echigo	K	V3	N1	P5
Morichika (Hatakita)			Bizen	K	V3	N5	P7
Morimitsu (0ei)				Bizen	K	V3	N8	P8
Motoshige School			Bizen	K	V3	N7	P10
Munechika				Iga	K	V2	N5 	P6
Munechika (Sanjo)		Yamashiro	K	V1	N2 	P11
Munenaga School				Wakasa	K	V2	N11	P17
Muramasa				Ise	K	V2	N5	P8
Musashi Province				K	V2	N9	P3
Musashi Province				S	V4	N8 	P10
Musashi Province				SS	V5	N4	P3
Mutsu Province					K	V2	N11	P11
Mutsu Province					S	V4	N10	P5
Mutsu Province					SS	V5	N5 	P21

Nagarnichi (Miyoshi) Group		Mutsu	S	V4	N10	P5
Nagato Province					K	V3	N11	P10
Nagato Province					S	V4	N11	P25
Nagato Province					SS	V5	N6	P14
Nakanara School				Mikawa	K	V2	N5	P14
Nakajima Rai School			Settsu	K	V2	N5 	P5
Naminohira School			Satsuma	K	V4	N3	P20
Naminohira School			Satsuma	S	V5	N2	P13
Naoe Shizu Group			Mino	K	V2	N9	P13
Naotane (Taikei Shoji) School		Musashi	SS	V5	N4	P11
Naotsuna School				Iwami	K	V3	N2	P6
Nio School				Suo	K	V3	N2	P25
Nio School				Suo	S	V4	N11	P12
Nobukuni			Yamashiro	K	Vl	N2	P14
Nobukuni (Chikushi)			Buzen	K	V4	N2	P9
Nobukuni School				Buzen	K	V4	N2	P9
Nobukuni School			Chikuzen	S	V5	N1 	P3
Nobukuni Lineage		Chikuzen	SS	V5	N7	P6
Nobukuni (Usa)				Buzen	K	V4	N2	P9
Nobutaka School				Owari	S	V4	N8	P4
Norimune Group				Hitachi	SS	V5	N5	P17
Noto Province					S	V4	N10	P15
Nyusai					Aki	K	V3	N2	P24

Oishi School				Chikugo	K	V4	N2	P5
Oki (Hoki) Province				K	V3	N1	P14
Oki (Hoki) Province				S	V4	N11	P9
Omi Province					S	V4	N9	P21
Omiya School				Bizen	K	V3	N8	P3
Osafune School				Bizen	K	V3	N4	P8
Osafune School (cont'd)			Bizen	K	V3	N9	P3
Osaka (Sukehiro)			Settsu	S	V4	N6	P10
Osumi Province					S	V5	N1	P3
Owari Province					K	V2	N5	P13
Owari Province					S	V4	N8 	P3

Rai School			Yamashiro	K	V1	N8	P9
Ryokai School				Bungo	K	V4	N2	P16
Ryokai School			Yamashiro	K	V1	N11	P14
Ryumon School				Yamato	K	V2	N4	P3

Sa				Chikuzen	K	V4	N1	P15
Sa (Hirado)				Hizen	K	V4	N3	P6
Sa Smiths In General		Chikuzen	K	V4	N1	P18
Sa Yasuyoshi				Nagato	K	V3	N11	P28
Sadahide School				Bungo	K	V4	N2	P11
Sadakuni				Echizen	S	V4	N10	P15
Sadamune				Sagami	K	V2	N8	P3
Sagami Province					K	V2	N7	P4
Sagami Province					S	V4	N8	P8
Sakakura. School			Mino	K	V2	N11	P8
Samonji School			Chikuzen	K	V4	N1	P11
Samurai Smiths				Musashi	S	V4	N9	P16
Sanekage School				Kaga	K	V2	N12	P3
Sanemasa School				Hyuga	K	V4	N3	P18
Sanjo School			Yamashiro	K	V2	N1 	P12
Sanuki Province					SS	V5	N6 	P18
Sasaki Ippo Group			Omi	S	V4	N9	P21
Satsuma Province				K	V4	N3	P20
Satsuma Province				S	V5	N2	P7
Seki (Sue) Smiths			Mino	K	V2	N11	P9
Senjuin (Akasaka) School		Mino	K	V2	N10	P13
Senjuin School				Yamato	K	V2	N2 	P10
Settsu Province					K	V2	N5	P5
Settsu Province					S	V4	N6	P3
Settsu Province					SS	V5	N3	P11
Shigehiro Group			Yamashiro	SS	V5	N3	P9
Shigekuni (Nanki)	 		Kii	S	V4	N11	P26
Shigekuni Lineage			Kii	SS	V5	N6	P16
Shigetaka				Echizen	S	V4	N10	P22
Shikake School				Yamato	K	V2	N2	P16
Shimada School				Suruga	K	V2	N6	P8
Shimosaka Smiths			Echizen	S	V4	N11	P4
Shinano Province				SS	V5	N5	P19
Shinkai					Settsu	S	V4	N6	P19
Shitahara School			Musashi	K	V2	N9	P3
Shitahara School			Musashi	S	V4	N9	P15
Shizu (Naoe) Group			Mino	K	V2	N9	P13
Shochu Ichimonji School			Bizen	K	V3	N4	P6
Soshu Tradition (beginning)		Sagami	K	V2	N7	P4
Sukehide Group				Tosa	SS	V5	N7	P5
Sukehiro (Tsuda)			Settsu	S	V4	N6	P10
Sukesada (Yokoyama) Group		Bizen	SS	V5	N6	P6
Sukesada (Yokoyama Toshiro)		Bizen	S	V4	N11	P16
Suketaka (Ozaki)			Settsu	SS	V5	N3	P13
Suishinshi Masahide School		Musashi	SS	V5	N4	P3
Suo Province					K	V3	N11	P25
Suo Province					S	V4	N11	P12
Suo Province					SS	V5	N6	P14
Suruga Province					K	V2	N6 	P8

Tadakiyo (Oku)  Group			Satsuma	S	V5	N2	P15
Tadakuni Group				Inaba	S	V4	N11	P11
Tadayoshi School			Hizen	S	V5	N1	P12
Tadasada (Chutei) School		Izumo	K	V3	N2	P5
Tadatsuna (Awataguchi) School		Settsu	S	V4	N7	P8
Taema School				Yamato	K	V2	N2	P14
Tajima Province					K	V3	N1	P10
Tajima Province					S	V4	N11	P9
Takada School				Bungo	K	V4	N3	P3
Takada School			Buzen, Bungo	S	V5	N1	P10
Takatenjin School			Totomi	K	V2	N6	P5
Tamba Province					K	V3	N1	P7
Tamba Province					S	V4	N11	P9
Tango Province					S	V4	N11	P9
Tegai School				Yamato	K	V2	N3	P3
Tegarayama Group			Harima	S	V4	N11	P14
Teruhiro Group				Aki	S	V4	N11 	P23
Teruhiro Group				Aki	SS	V5	N6	P12
Teruyoshl (Fujieda) Group		Musashi	SS	V5	N5	P3
Tomotaka School			Yamashiro	SS	V5	N3	P6
Tomoyasu				Totomi	K	V2	N6	P4
Tosa Province					K	V4	N1	P9
Tosa Province					S	V4	N11	P29
Tosa Province					SS	V5	N6	P20
Toshimune Group				Tosa	SS	V5	N7	P3
Toshinori (Hamabe)  Group		Inaba	SS	V5	N5	P23
Totomi Province					K	V2	N6 	P4
Tsuda School				Settsu	S	V4	N6	P10
Tsuguhira				Echizen	S	V4	N9	P3
Tsunahiro School			Sagami	S	V4	N8	P8

Uda School				Etchu	K	V2	N12	P22
Ugai School				Bizen	K	V3	N5	P10
Ujifusa (Maruta) School			Satsuma	S	V5	N2	P7
Ujifusa (Mino)				Mino	K	V2	N9	P6
Umetada School			Yamashiro	S	V4	N4	P3
Usaku Soei Group			Harima	S	V4	N11	P12

Wakasa Province					K	V2	N11	P17
Wakasa Province					S	V4	N10	P15

Yamamura  School			Echigo	K	V3	N1	P3
Yamashiro Province				K	VI	N2	P11
Yamashiro Provice (contd.)			K	V1	N12	P10
Yamashiro Province				S	V4	N4 	P3
Yamashiro Province				SS	V5	N3	P5
Yamato Province					K	V2	N2	P9
Yamato Province					S	V4	N5	P10
Yamato	Shizu (Kaneuji)				K	V2	N3	P8
Yasumitsu				Bizen	K	V3	N8	P8
Yasusada (Yamato no kami)		Musashi	K	V4	N9	P8
Yasutsugu				Echizen	S	V4	N9	P3
Yasutsuna School			Hoki	K	V3	N1	P14
Yokoyams Sukesada			Bizen	SS	V5	N6	P6
Yoshiie School				Bizen	K	V3	N8	P5
Yoshiie School				Izumo	K	V3	N2	P3
Yoshikuni (Onizuka) Group		Chikugo	S	V5	N1	P8
Yoshirnichi (Mishina) School		Settsu	S	V4	N7	P4
Yoshimitsu School			Tosa	K	V4 	N1	P9

Zenjo School				Mino	K	V2	N9	P16


Compiled and Published by R. C. Hartmann 
