Sources

Sources

Yearbooks, NBTHK and museums

1. Tokyo National Research Institute for Cultural Properties: obituary of 天田昭次 (Amata Akitsugu) in the 2014 日本美術年鑑 (Nihon Bijutsu Nenkan)
2. NBTHK, catalogue of 平成の名刀・名工展 (Heisei no Meitō Meikōten), 2019
3. Internet Museum: the 2012 exhibition for the fifteenth anniversary of his designation
4. Shibata city hall: 名誉市民 故・天田昭次氏 (Meiyo shimin ko Amata Akitsugu-shi), his honorary citizen entry

References

1. Japanese Wikipedia: 天田昭次 (Amata Akitsugu)
2. English Wikipedia: Akitsugu Amata
3. Japanese Wikipedia: 日本刀 (Nihontō), on the Masamune Prize
4. Kotobank: 天田昭次 (Amata Akitsugu), in the 日本人名大辞典 (Nihon jinmei daijiten)
5. Markus Sesko: Mukansa/Ningen-Kokuhō List

Press

1. Nikkei: “天田昭次氏が死去 人間国宝の刀匠” (Amata Akitsugu-shi ga shikyo ningen kokuhō no tōshō), his obituary, 27 June 2013
2. NIHONMONO: a visit to the Amata forge in Tsukioka, 2011

Image credits

1. The point of a ken from 1997. (ken-1997-punta.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

2. The tang of the 1997 ken. (ken-1997-nakago.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

3. Poster of the video of the museum (video-QUuqt7WQcSw.jpg)

   Still: MrGontyan, on YouTube.

4. Poster of the video of the visit with commentary (video-P_TqKw_vGMI.jpg)

   Still: ヤンの気ままにドライブ (Yan no kimama ni doraibu), on YouTube.

5. Poster of the video of the visit, first part (video-gI-v5Em8xUI.jpg)

   Still: Sukezae mon, on YouTube.

6. Poster of the video of the visit, second part (video-fUvmyU8lNN0.jpg)

   Still: Sukezae mon, on YouTube.