Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, all with their link, and the credit of the image.

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Sources

Official records, museums and the NBTHK

  1. Bunka Isan Online, tachi 太刀 銘国綱 (tachi mei Kunitsuna) of the Tokugawa Art Museum, Important Cultural Property
  2. Bunka Isan Online, tachi 太刀 銘国綱 (tachi mei Kunitsuna) of the Hie shrine, Important Cultural Property
  3. Kyoto National Museum, list of works of the exhibition “Kyō no katana” (2018)
  4. NBTHK, catalogue of the exhibition of Important Art Objects (重要美術品, jūyō bijutsuhin)

Studies

  1. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 4, Yamashiro 9: Awataguchi school 4” (Kunitsuna)

Encyclopaedias

  1. 粟田口国綱 (Awataguchi Kunitsuna), Japanese Wikipedia
  2. 鬼丸 (Onimaru), Japanese Wikipedia
  3. Tenka-Goken, English Wikipedia
  4. List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords), English Wikipedia
  5. 粟田口国綱 (Awataguchi Kunitsuna), Nihon Kokugo Daijiten, on Kotobank
  6. 国綱 (Kunitsuna), Nihon Jinmei Daijiten, on Kotobank

Image credits

  1. The Onimaru in the 『集古十種』 (Shūko Jisshu) (onimaru-shuko-jisshu.jpg)

    Drawing from the 『集古十種』 (Shūko Jisshu), of the late 18th century, in the public domain; reproduction by AleksandrGertsen, CC BY-SA 3.0.