List of Wazamono

This list of Wazamono is a list of 228 swordsmiths (or 180 depending on the method of counting) of katana and other weapons in the book Kaihō kenjaku (懐宝剣尺, Pocket Treasured Sword Length^?) or Kaihō-kenshaku, released in 1815 by Yamada Asaemon. (Yamada Asaemon V was one among a direct line of official sword testers for the bakufu during the Edo Period, every generation of whom inherited that name).

The work lists 12 saijō ōwazamono (最上大業物, "supreme sharpness swords"^?), 21 ōwazamono (大業物, "great sharpness swords"^?), 50 ryōwazamono (良業物, "good sharp swords"^?), 80 wazamono (業物, wazamono^?, "sharp swords"), and 60 (65?) makes with mixed levels of sharpness.

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