What does the kanji on my Japanese knife mean? Maker & mark database · Mei Index
meiindex.com
LaunchIndex first observed What does the kanji on my Japanese knife mean? Maker & mark database · Mei Index (meiindex.com) live on 11 November 2026. View its launch screenshot, category, and verification evidence.

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What does the kanji on my Japanese knife mean? Maker & mark database · Mei Index (meiindex.com) was first observed live on 11 November 2026.
Mei Index is a reference database identifying Japanese knife maker marks and steels, documenting makers seen in person, with search by kanji, romaji, or mark.
Its profile is classified as Directory within Education / Learning and training.
What the launch signal contained.
- First observed live
- Previous state
- No prior non-live observation
- Last verified
- Canonical host
- meiindex.com
- Category
- Education / Learning and training
- Website type
- Directory
- Observed title
- What does the kanji on my Japanese knife mean? Maker & mark database · Mei Index
- Observed description
- Identify a Japanese knife by the kanji on the blade: maker, region, steel, knife type, whetstone grit and care. Tsubame-Sanjo makers documented in person: Yoshikane, Hinoura, Tadafusa, Shigefusa, Tojiro and more.
- Detected technologies
- None detected
- Screenshot captured
- Evidence source
- Browser observation · Local
- Evidence confidence
- 93%
- HTTP status
- 200
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