Masamoto Sohonten

Masamoto Sohonten is a Japanese knife maker founded in the late Edo period by the first Matsuzawa Minosuke. The company opened its main store in what is now Azumabashi, Sumida, Tokyo, in 1890, and its registered trademark has been recognized as a well-known and famous trademark in Japan. It manufactures and sells Japanese and Western kitchen knives, including high-grade products, and has received recognition such as the Sumida Brand certification and coverage in the Wall Street Journal.

The first Matsuzawa Minosuke was born in 1845 in Osawa, Bushu (Saitama Prefecture), to a village blacksmith. In 1862 he went to Osaka to master the secret of true forging, and in 1866 he returned home and began making kitchen knives in Osawa. In 1874 he manufactured and sold true-forged kitchen knives for the first time in the Kanto region. In 1883 the Masamoto trademark was registered (No. 20269). In 1890 the Masamoto Sohonten store was opened in Tokyo City, Honjo Ward, Nakanojo Haranicho 26 (present-day Azumabashi, Sumida Ward). In 1903 the Masamoto trademark was registered again (No. 20269) and recognized as a well-known and famous trademark in Japan. In 2016 the company celebrated its 150th anniversary.

High-quality kitchen knives with a long tradition, described as offering quality that others cannot match.

• Japanese kitchen knives

• Western kitchen knives

• Other products

• Hyper Molybdenum Steel Western Knives

• Molybdenum Steel Series

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