Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026. What is marked as attribution is stated by a source, often the smith himself, and has not been checked separately; not every source is cited here. At the end, the credit of each image.

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Sources

NBTHK lists and catalogues

  1. NBTHK, results of the 2026 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)
  2. NBTHK, English catalogue of the 2026 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)
  3. NBTHK, catalogue of the 2025 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)
  4. NBTHK, catalogue of the 2024 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)
  5. NBTHK, results of the 2023 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)
  6. NBTHK, catalogue of the 2022 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)
  7. NBTHK, list of prize-winners for 2021
  8. NBTHK, catalogue of the 2021 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)
  9. NBTHK, results for 2019
  10. NBTHK, catalogue of the 2018 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) (no public address found)
  11. NBTHK, catalogue of the 新作名刀展 (Shinsaku Meitōten) of fiscal year 2017, exhibited in 2018
  12. NBTHK, catalogue of the 平成の名刀・名工展 (Heisei no Meitō Meikōten)
  13. NBTHK, prize-winners of the 令和の名刀・名工展 (Reiwa no Meitō Meikōten)

Other sources

  1. Japanese Wikipedia: 赤松太郎峠 (Akamatsu Tarō-tōge)
  2. Kumamoto Fired Up! (Kumamoto prefecture and city), “Kumamoto’s Samurai”, p. 2 (2019)
  3. Zen Nihon Tōshōkai (全日本刀匠会): members of the Kyūshū section, Japanese Sword Day in Kyūshū (2018) and the results of the 10th, 16th and 19th omamori-gatana exhibitions
  4. Hitoyoshi Shimbun, 14 October 2020: the restoration of the swords of the Aoi Aso shrine
  5. 武士道美術館 (Bushidō Bijutsukan), 太田光柾 (probable reading: Ōta Kōsei): the visit to the forge of 23 April 2014
  6. Kanemitsu’s monograph, with its sources

    Akamatsu Tarō Kanemitsu.

Image credits

  1. The family’s forge, at night, in the Kumamoto prefecture feature (2019) (forja-2019-firedup-noche.jpg)

    Author: Kumamoto Fired Up! (Kumamoto prefecture and city). Rights: © Kumamoto Prefecture and City.
  2. The Kimura family tree, from Kaneshige to his grandchildren (familia-kimura-arbol.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  3. Kanetsugu, head of the family, with a visitor (2014) (forja-2014-bushidoart-01.jpg)

    Author: 太田光柾 (probable reading: Ōta Kōsei), of the 武士道美術館 (Bushidō Bijutsukan). Rights: © 武士道美術館 (Bushidō Bijutsukan).
  4. The forge: power hammer and hearth (2014) (forja-2014-bushidoart-02.jpg)

    Author: 太田光柾 (probable reading: Ōta Kōsei), of the 武士道美術館 (Bushidō Bijutsukan). Rights: © 武士道美術館 (Bushidō Bijutsukan).
  5. Two-handed hammering, at the forge (forja-comercio-1.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  6. Polishing at the forge (2014) (forja-2014-bushidoart-09.jpg)

    Author: 太田光柾 (probable reading: Ōta Kōsei), of the 武士道美術館 (Bushidō Bijutsukan). Rights: © 武士道美術館 (Bushidō Bijutsukan).
  7. Kanetsugu with a blade (kanetsugu-retrato-comercio-2.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  8. The hearth rebuilt by Kanemitsu (20 September 2026) (forja-2026-hodo-rehecho-x.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  9. Kanemitsu in front of his house and forge in Yatsushiro, in the Kumamoto prefecture feature (2019) (kanemitsu-2019-firedup-retrato-1.jpg)

    Author: Kumamoto Fired Up! (Kumamoto prefecture and city). Rights: © Kumamoto Prefecture and City.
  10. The katana of the 2025 Takamatsu-no-miya Kinenshō, at the Japanese Sword Museum (fotograma-2025-katana-takamatsu-entera.jpg)

    Author: 永野照男 (probable reading: Nagano Teruo). Rights: © 永野照男 (probable reading: Nagano Teruo).
  11. Kanemitsu’s katana of the 2022 Kunzanshō (薫山賞), 74.9 cm (fotograma-2022-katana-kunzan-entera.jpg)

    Author: 迫田貫路 (probable reading: Sakoda Kanji). Rights: © 迫田貫路 (probable reading: Sakoda Kanji).
  12. The hamon of Kanemitsu’s 2026 tachi: jūka-chōji (重花丁子) (fotograma-2026-tachi-hamon.jpg)

    Author: NIHONTOU. Rights: © NIHONTOU.
  13. Kanemitsu’s tachi imitating the Sanchōmō (山鳥毛), at the 2020 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) (sanchomo-2020-utsushi-note-1.jpg)

    Author: 中村圭佑 (probable reading: Nakamura Keisuke), 刀箱師 (katana-bakoshi, sword-box maker), on note. Rights: © Nakamura Keisuke.
  14. Oshigata of a 2011 katana by Kanemitsu (obra-2011-katana-oshigata.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  15. Rough blades on the bench (2014) (forja-2014-bushidoart-08.jpg)

    Author: 太田光柾 (probable reading: Ōta Kōsei), of the 武士道美術館 (Bushidō Bijutsukan). Rights: © 武士道美術館 (Bushidō Bijutsukan).