Suketaka was a swordsmith  active during the end of the Edo period  to the early Meiji period. He belonged the the Yokoyama Bizen tradition of the 19th century. This school is known as the shinshintō continuation of the long Bizen-den since the ancient Ko-Bizen tradition of the Heian period.

The founder of  the Yokoyama school was Sukehira, who was also the 5th generation Sukesada after Sazaemon Sukesada. His most skillful son Sukenaga succeeded to his father, and later received the title Kaga no Suke. He was the first smith of the Yokoyama tradition to add on his mei :  « 56th generation from Tomonori », mention of  his lineage with the famous smith, founder of the Ko-Bizen school.