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Years he was demonstrably active, proven by signed-and-dated blades
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Distribution across 2 ranked works
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Other artisans of the Kanemoto school
Kanemoto（兼元） was a Japanese swordsmith of the Kanemoto school in Mino province, active during the Entoku (1489-1492) period.
The work follows the Mino-den tradition.
Designated works by Kanemoto include 2 Jūyō.