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Year by year
| Year | Competition | Prize | Work |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1955 | 1st exhibition of forging technique (作刀技術発表会, sakutō gijutsu happyōkai) | Prize of excellence (優秀賞, yūshūshō), 8th place out of 93 | — |
| 1957 and 1958 | 3rd and 4th exhibitions of forging technique | Prize of excellence (優秀賞, yūshūshō) | — |
| 1968 | 4th 新作名刀展 (Shinsaku Meitōten), NBTHK | Encouragement prize (奨励賞, shōreishō) | A blade of his own iron |
| 1970 | 6th Shinsaku Meitōten | Prize of the honorary president (名誉会長賞, meiyo kaichōshō) | — |
| 1972 | NBTHK | Mukansa (無鑑査, mukansa; 1973 according to Markus Sesko) and the Kunzan prize (薫山賞, Kunzanshō) in its first edition, which was also given to Sumitani Masamine (隅谷正峯) | Research on a small furnace |
| 1977 | 13th Shinsaku Meitōten | Masamune Prize (正宗賞, Masamune-shō), the first | Blade in the Yamashiro tradition, in suguha |
| 1978 | Niigata prefecture | Holder of an intangible cultural property of the prefecture (新潟県無形文化財, Niigata-ken mukei bunkazai) | — |
| 1985 | Shinsaku Meitōten | Masamune Prize, the second | Blade in the Sōshū tradition |
| 1996 | Shinsaku Meitōten | Masamune Prize, the third | Blade in the Bizen tradition |
| 1997 | Japanese State | Living National Treasure (重要無形文化財「日本刀」保持者, jūyō mukei bunkazai Nihontō hojisha), on 23 May | — |
| 1999 | Government of Japan | Order of the Rising Sun (勲四等旭日小綬章, kun-yontō kyokujitsu shōjushō) | — |
| 2003 | City of Shibata | Honorary citizen (名誉市民, meiyo shimin) | — |
How to read it
According to the Japanese Wikipedia, the Masamune Prize is awarded to the work of a mukansa at the annual exhibition. Winning it three times, each time in a different tradition, is what sets his record apart.