Recognition as a swordsmith

HAOKA, Yoshihito Swordsmith - Season 1-3 (日本語は英語の後に続きます)

 
Yoshihara Family (center Yoshindo Yoshihara(吉原義人), in his left Akira, his grandson holding late Yoshikazu’s photo(吉原義一) and in his right Kuniie(吉原国家) and Yoshihito Haoka(羽岡義仁)

Haoka became an apprentice to Yoshindo Yoshihara in 2008. After five years of training, he completed the “Art Swordsmith Technique Preservation Workshop” sponsored by the Agency for Cultural Affairs and he was certified as a swordsmith in 2013.

 

 

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