Douzuki Noko Japanese Precision Cross Cutting Hand Saw By Tanaka Yonekichi - 270mm

Smith name: Tanaka Yonekichi  Ⅲ (田中米吉)

Steel: Carbon Steel

Cutting edge length: 270mm

Total length: 640mm 

Blade thickness: about 0.25mm

Cutting Depth: about 50mm

Weight: 258g

Blade sharpening and adjusting: Tanaka Yonekichi

Manufacture Era: Before 2000

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Additional Information: The biography of this blacksmith is sourced from Memorable Accounts of Master Saw Blacksmiths (名門鋸鍛治聞き書), featured in The History of Industrial Culture: Saws (產業文化史，鋸) by Hirasawa Kazuo (平澤一雄), p. 215–218.

The Tanaka Yonekichi (田中米吉) lineage is a prestigious family of saw blacksmiths founded during the Meiji period in the Suwa (諏訪) region of Shinshu (信州), with their workshop located in Tamagawa, Chino City, Nagano Prefecture (長野県茅野市玉川). The first generation, Yonekichi (米吉), was born on October 15, 1852, as Morozumi Shonekichi (两角庄米吉), the second son of the family. At the age of 12, he was apprenticed to Obi Kurobe (小尾九郎兵衛), a top disciple of Fujii Jinkuro (藤井甚九郎) — the pioneer of Suwa saws. After completing his training, he further refined his skills in crafting carpenters' saws under Nakaya Shizaemon (中屋七左衛門). In the early years of the Meiji period, he returned to Tamagawa, Chino City, Nagano Prefecture to establish his own workshop. He changed his surname to Tanaka (田中) after marrying into the family as an adopted son of Yohachi Tanaka (田中与八) on February 28, 1875. The first-generation Tanaka Yonekichi (田中米吉) possessed superb craftsmanship, winning numerous awards and training approximately 20 blacksmiths in the Shinshu Suwa region. Following his passing at the age of 66, his eldest son, Tokichi Tanaka (田中藤吉), officially succeeded him as the second-generation Tanaka Yonekichi (田中米吉) on December 9, 1917. Later, Tokichi's eldest son, Imaakichi Tanaka (田中今昭吉), was born and became the third-generation Tanaka Yonekichi (田中米吉). When the Hirasawa Kazuo (平澤一雄) visited the Tanaka Yonekichi (田中米吉) workshop in 1975, he was received by the third-generation master.