Sources

Sources

Official records and museums

1. ColBase, katana 刀 号鳴狐 (katana, gō Nakigitsune), Tokyo National Museum (F-20111)
2. ColBase, tachi 太刀 銘国吉 (tachi mei Kuniyoshi), Kyoto National Museum
3. ColBase, tantō 短刀 銘国吉 (tantō mei Kuniyoshi), Kyoto National Museum
4. Bunka Isan Online, katana 刀 号鳴狐 (katana, gō Nakigitsune), Important Cultural Property
5. Bunka Isan Online, tachi 太刀 銘国吉 (tachi mei Kuniyoshi), Important Cultural Property

NBTHK

1. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 700, English translation (kantei exercise with a tantō by Kuniyoshi)
2. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 738, English translation (the Awataguchi school)
3. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 746, English translation (Yoshimitsu and Kuniyoshi)

Studies

1. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 4, Yamashiro 11: Awataguchi school 6” (Kuniyoshi)

Encyclopaedias

1. 粟田口国吉 (Awataguchi Kuniyoshi), Japanese Wikipedia
2. 鳴狐 (Nakigitsune), Japanese Wikipedia
3. 小夜左庵国吉 (Sayo Saan Kuniyoshi), Japanese Wikipedia
4. 国吉 (Kuniyoshi), Nihon Jinmei Daijiten, on Kotobank

Image credits

1. The Nakigitsune, in six photos by the museum (nakigitsune-cara-*, nakigitsune-nakago-*, nakigitsune-kissaki-*)

   Photo: Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase, free to use with credit to the source.

2. The Nakigitsune in its display case (nakigitsune-vitrina.jpg)

   Photo: Ihimutefu. CC BY-SA 4.0.

3. The signature of the Nakigitsune (nakigitsune-mei.jpg)

   Photo: Ihimutefu. CC BY-SA 4.0.

4. The tachi of the Kyoto National Museum (tachi-kioto.jpg)

   Photo: 岡田愛 (probable reading: Okada Ai), Kyoto National Museum, via ColBase, free to use with credit to the source.

5. The tantō of the Kyoto National Museum (tanto-museo-kioto.jpg)

   Photo: 岡田愛 (probable reading: Okada Ai), Kyoto National Museum, via ColBase, free to use with credit to the source.