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Kanemitsu in person
Four videos from 2011 to 2025; the Sasebo talk is the best oral source on his work.
Play: 刀匠ギャラリートーク (Tōshō gyararī tōku; Smiths’ gallery talk)
刀匠ギャラリートーク (Tōshō gyararī tōku; Smiths’ gallery talk) · りん (Rin) channel
1:02:02 · 11 October 2024
Talk with Komiya Kokuten at the Sasebo art centre: the process, learning by copying masterpieces and, around 45:49, his sword imitating the Sanchōmō.
Play: そうだ！お守り刀展覧会に行こう！ (Sō da! Omamori-gatana Tenrankai ni ikō!; That’s it, let’s go to the omamori-gatana exhibition!)
そうだ！お守り刀展覧会に行こう！ (Sō da! Omamori-gatana Tenrankai ni ikō!; That’s it, let’s go to the omamori-gatana exhibition!) · りん (Rin) channel
8:44 · 26 February 2020
Setting up the 14th omamori-gatana exhibition in Sasebo, with Komiya Kokuten and Nishimura Naomasa.
Play: 第24回【刀匠会ニュース】（7/18） (Dai-nijūyonkai Tōshōkai nyūsu, 18 July; Tōshōkai News no. 24)
第24回【刀匠会ニュース】（7/18） (Dai-nijūyonkai Tōshōkai nyūsu, 18 July; Tōshōkai News no. 24) · 【公式】全日本刀匠会チャンネル (Kōshiki Zen Nihon Tōshōkai channeru)
3:14 · 18 July 2025
From the association’s channel: Kanemitsu, at the Kokura castle exhibition, engraves a signature live.
Play: NO!! MAGAZINE: 刀鍛冶 (katanakaji, the swordsmith)
NO!! MAGAZINE: 刀鍛冶 (katanakaji, the swordsmith) · NoMagazineK (NO!! MAGAZINE)
0:33 · 18 May 2011
Kanemitsu, aged 32, in a white samue and holding a blade.
The work
A competition katana and a blade from the forge cutting.
Play: 刀 (katana), 銘 (mei) 肥後國兼光 (Higo no Kuni Kanemitsu) 令和七年二月日 (Reiwa shichinen nigatsu hi), 高松宮記念賞 (Takamatsu-no-miya Kinenshō)
刀 (katana), 銘 (mei) 肥後國兼光 (Higo no Kuni Kanemitsu) 令和七年二月日 (Reiwa shichinen nigatsu hi), 高松宮記念賞 (Takamatsu-no-miya Kinenshō) · 永野照男 (probable reading: Nagano Teruo)
1:26 · 7 August 2025
The katana of the 2025 Takamatsu-no-miya Kinenshō, with its card, its tang and the cup.
Play: 極太竹斬り・・流石・赤松太郎兼光 (gokubuto take-giri, sasuga Akamatsu Tarō Kanemitsu; cutting a very thick bamboo: as you would expect, Akamatsu Tarō Kanemitsu)
極太竹斬り・・流石・赤松太郎兼光 (gokubuto take-giri, sasuga Akamatsu Tarō Kanemitsu; cutting a very thick bamboo: as you would expect, Akamatsu Tarō Kanemitsu) · 武道武術 (budō bujutsu) 剣術体術 (kenjutsu taijutsu) 心風館 (probable reading: Shinpūkan)
0:17 · 31 August 2014
Three clean cuts through a very thick bamboo. With a blade by Kanemitsu, according to the title.