Portraits, forging and a prize-winning work

Videos

Two short portraits by Takatsu Jun'ya, two pieces by amateurs at the forge and his prize-winning tachi of 2023 at the exhibition. They play from YouTube when clicked.

Play: 刀鍛冶 安藤広康 (Katanakaji Andō Hiroyasu: the swordsmith Andō Hiroyasu)

刀鍛冶 安藤広康 (Katanakaji Andō Hiroyasu: the swordsmith Andō Hiroyasu) · ニッポン手仕事図鑑 (Nippon Teshigoto Zukan), Takatsu Jun'ya

2:06 · 26 September 2019

Short film, in the first selection of a 2019 film prize on Japanese craftsmanship.

Play: 刀鍛冶 安藤 広康 (Katanakaji Andō Hiroyasu: the swordsmith Andō Hiroyasu)

刀鍛冶 安藤 広康 (Katanakaji Andō Hiroyasu: the swordsmith Andō Hiroyasu) · 高津潤也 (Takatsu Jun'ya)

1:56 · 25 October 2017

The first, shorter version of the same portrait.

Play: 安藤広康刀匠の銘切り動画その1 (Andō Hiroyasu tōshō no meikiri dōga sono ichi: the swordsmith Andō Hiroyasu engraves a mei, 1)

安藤広康刀匠の銘切り動画その1 (Andō Hiroyasu tōshō no meikiri dōga sono ichi: the swordsmith Andō Hiroyasu engraves a mei, 1) · フックン (Fukkun)

4:41 · 14 June 2017

He engraves a mei on a plate, in a demonstration at the Ise Azuchi Momoyama Bunkamura park.

Play: A video about the swordsmith

A video about the swordsmith · そらぴょんぴょん (Sora pyonpyon)

2:17 · 19 August 2021

The first folding of the steel (折り返し鍛錬, orikaeshi tanren) at the forge of the Osafune museum.

Play: 太刀 (tachi) 寒山賞 (Kanzanshō) 銘 (mei) 令和五年初月吉日 (Reiwa gonen shogetsu kichijitsu) 備州住長船広康作 (Bishū-jū Osafune Hiroyasu saku)

太刀 (tachi) 寒山賞 (Kanzanshō) 銘 (mei) 令和五年初月吉日 (Reiwa gonen shogetsu kichijitsu) 備州住長船広康作 (Bishū-jū Osafune Hiroyasu saku) · 永野照男 (Nagano Teruo)

1:22 · 19 August 2023

The 80.5 cm tachi of the 2023 Kanzan Prize, at the NBTHK exhibition.