Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, by type, and the credit for each image.

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Sources

NBTHK

  1. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 802 (November 2023), English translation: the naginata-naoshi by Chōgi
  2. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 717 (October 2016), English translation: comparison with Chōgi

Official records and museums

  1. Bunka Isan Online: the Honsaku Chōgi
  2. Bunka Isan Online: wakizashi 朱銘長義 (shu-mei Chōgi)
  3. Bunka Isan Online: katana 長義磨上 (Chōgi suriage)
  4. ColBase: tachi F-170 of the Tokyo National Museum
  5. ColBase: tantō F-17053 of the Tokyo National Museum
  6. ColBase: katana F58 of the Kyūshū National Museum

Encyclopaedias

  1. Japanese Wikipedia: 長義 (Chōgi)
  2. Japanese Wikipedia: 本作長義 (Honsaku Chōgi)
  3. Kotobank: 長義 (Chōgi), in the Nihon Jinmei Daijiten

Scholars

  1. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 1 – Sugata 2”
  2. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 1 – Sugata 5”
  3. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 1 – Sugata 7”
  4. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 3 – Hamon & Bōshi 3”

Image credits

  1. Tachi 銘備前国長船住長義 (mei Bizen no Kuni Osafune jū Chōgi), whole. (tnm-F170-completo.jpg)

    Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan), via ColBase. Free use crediting ColBase.
  2. The same tachi: the ō-kissaki and the bōshi. (tnm-F170-kissaki.jpg)

    Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan), via ColBase. Free use crediting ColBase.
  3. The same tachi: the tang and the start of the hamon. (tnm-F170-nakago.jpg)

    Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan), via ColBase. Free use crediting ColBase.
  4. Tantō dated 1362, with its hamon of notare and gunome. (tnm-F17053-tanto-1.jpg)

    Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan), via ColBase. Free use crediting ColBase.
  5. The same tantō, from the other face. (tnm-F17053-tanto-2.jpg)

    Tokyo National Museum (東京国立博物館, Tōkyō Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan), via ColBase. Free use crediting ColBase.
  6. Katana with the red-lacquer attribution 朱銘長義 (shu-mei Chōgi), whole. (kyushu-F58-1.jpg)

    Kyūshū National Museum (九州国立博物館, Kyūshū Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan), via ColBase. Free use crediting ColBase.
  7. The same katana, from the other face. (kyushu-F58-2.jpg)

    Kyūshū National Museum (九州国立博物館, Kyūshū Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan), via ColBase. Free use crediting ColBase.
  8. The same katana: the lower half, with the shortened tang. (kyushu-F58-3.jpg)

    Kyūshū National Museum (九州国立博物館, Kyūshū Kokuritsu Hakubutsukan), via ColBase. Free use crediting ColBase.
  9. Poster of the video “Hakuchū sanzen” (video-DZW0B5cbHgU.jpg)

    Still: 徳川美術館チャンネル (Tokugawa Bijutsukan channeru), on YouTube.