Fujishiro:
Shinto P.145
Hawleys:
TAN 8
TANEYOSHI HORII [MEIJI 1868 TOKYO] SHINSHINTÔ CHÛJÔSAKU
His home kuni is Ômi, he was a pupil of Gassan Sadayoshi, Taikei Naotane nado. He received the imperial command to be the Kunaishô Goyô Tôshô (Swordsmith of the Ministry of the Imperial Household) in Meiji Nijûhachinen (1895), and he died in Sanjûrokunen (1903) Shigatsu of this same era at the age of 83. His works include many katana and tantô of superior form, hamon is generally saka choji
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