Derge (སྡེ་དགེ)
A famous Tibetan metalworking center in present-day Sichuan.
Mino Mitsunaka (美濃光仲)
A Japanese sword fittings artist who worked in the Mino-bori style.
Nagasaki
Japanese port city, the designated area of trade with Europe in the 17th and 18th centuries
Muramasa (村正)
Muramasa (村正) was a Japanese master swordsmith, active in the first decades of the 16th century.
Musashi Taro Yasukuni (武蔵太郎安国)
A Japanese swordsmith who lived between 1650-1730.
Tametsugu (為継)
A Japanese swordsmith in the Shōshū tradition.
Kunikiyo (國清)
A line of Japanese swordsmiths working in Echizen.
Bizen Sukesada
A group of sword makers in Bizen, Japan, active in the Muromachi period.
Yosōzaemon jo Sukesada (与三左衛門尉祐定)
A Japanese swordsmith from Osafune, Bizen, who lived from 1466-1542.
Lóngyuān (龍渊)
The former name of Lóngquán, a famous sword-making town in China.
Jūn Huǒ Jú (軍火局)
Name of a Chinese arms factory just east of Guangzhou, active 1875 onwards.
Lóngquán (龍泉)
A town in Zhejiang province, China, known as a sword making center.
Negara
Village near Banjarmasin, Borneo. A notable center of arms production in the 19th century.
Francis Delacour of Paris
Cutler and sword maker in Paris, supplier of imperial swords.
Oomersee Mawjee
Famous maker of metalwork from Bhuj, Kutch.
Mindan, Yamethin
A production center for ornate silver overlaid scissors, dha and other implements.
Mindan dha
Name for fine dha with fine overlaid blades. Named after Mindan village where they were made.
Gōng jiàng yíng (弓匠營)
The bow and arrow maker's quarters in Beijing.
Yáng Fúxǐ (杨福喜)
Manchu bow maker of the Jù Yuán Hào (聚元號) shop, Beijing. Active 1998-present.
Yáng Wéntōng (杨文通)
A 20th-century Manchu bow maker of the Jù Yuán Hào (聚元號) shop, Beijing.
Yáng Ruìlín (杨瑞林)
A Manchu bow maker. Owned Jù Yuán Hào (聚元號).
Jù Yuán Hào (聚元號)
A famous bow making shop in Beijing, still active.
Wàn Chéng (萬成)
Workshop name that appears on a brass halberd head.
Gujarat
An Indian state.
Khema
Alternate writing for Khēmau, an armorer working at Bundi.
Khēmau (खेमौ)
An armorer working in Bundi from at least 1835 to 1872.
Arnachellum of Salem
A famed Indian maker of knives, swords, spears, and tableware.
Mātale work
A type of Sinhalese lacquer work that was directly applied without using brushes. Also known as niyapoṭen vēda.
Paṭṭal Hatara
The Four Workshops of the King of Kandy.
Ī-vaḍuvō
Literally "arrow-makers", a Sinhalese class of craftsmen that did wood turning and lacquer work.
Maung Pyo
A Burmese knife and sword maker known for his fine silver overlay.
Saya Pyo
Alternative name for Maung Pyo. A Burmese craftsman known for his fine silver overlay.
Chángxìng (長興)
A famous bow making shop in Chengdu, active until the 1960s.
Hisayuki (久隨)
A Japanese maker of sword mounts, active in the Edo period.
Zi Qín Jì (子勤記)
A Chinese sword maker's shop that was active during the Guangxu period (1875 - 1908).
Bhagvan Khoosal
A shield maker at Dhalcar street, Ahmedabad, India.
Sēn shèng (森盛)
A Chinese rattan shield maker from Shanghai.
Kiyou Toujin tsuba (崎陽唐人鐔)
Japanese style sword guards made by Chinese craftsmen in Nagasaki.
Manceaux à Paris
A notable French arms manufacturer who also made fine presentation weapons in Asian styles.
Tevfik the leather binder
An Ottoman leather binder who in 1866 - 1867 covered a bow made by Haci Gavsî in 1824 - 1825.