Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, grouped by type, and the credits for every image. Only the sources that do not sell swords are linked; the others served to check facts, but they are neither cited nor linked.

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Sources

Official databases and museums

  1. Bunka Isan Online: 太刀 銘出羽大掾藤原国路 (tachi, mei Dewa Daijō Fujiwara Kunimichi), of the Yasaka shrine
  2. Database of designated properties of the Agency for Cultural Affairs: the tachi of the Yasaka shrine (no. 01371)
  3. Bunka Isan Online: 刀 銘出羽大掾藤原国路 (katana, mei Dewa Daijō Fujiwara Kunimichi), from a private collection
  4. Database of designated properties of the Agency for Cultural Affairs: the katana in a private collection (no. 01826)
  5. ColBase: 刀 銘出羽大掾藤原国路 (katana, mei Dewa Daijō Fujiwara Kunimichi), Tokyo National Museum (F-19946)

Encyclopaedias

  1. 堀川国広 (Horikawa Kunihiro), Japanese Wikipedia
  2. 刀剣の業物一覧 (tōken no wazamono ichiran), Japanese Wikipedia

Researchers

  1. Markus Sesko, table of contents of “Shintō Zen”
  2. Markus Sesko, “Chūmon-mei: an example with interesting historic context” (2020)
  3. Japanese Sword Index, “Shinto Swordsmith Ranking” (Tomita Kiyama’s ranking)

Consulted, without a link

  1. Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History: records of the two wakizashi signed 出羽大掾藤原国路 (Dewa Daijō Fujiwara Kunimichi) (the museum’s digital collection)
  2. 芳賀矢一 (Haga Yaichi), 日本人名辞典 (Nihon jinmei jiten), entry 国道 (Kunimichi), on Japan Search

Image credits

  1. The museum’s other wakizashi, 51.1 cm long, also signed 出羽大掾藤原国路 (Dewa Daijō Fujiwara Kunimichi) (wakizashi-largo.jpg)

    Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History. © the museum.
  2. The front half of the 51.1 cm wakizashi, with the undulating temper line and the point (wakizashi-largo-punta.jpg)

    Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History. © the museum.
  3. The tang of the 51.1 cm wakizashi, with the signature and the start of the temper line (wakizashi-largo-nakago.jpg)

    Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History. © the museum.
  4. Wakizashi signed 出羽大掾藤原国路 (Dewa Daijō Fujiwara Kunimichi), 39.3 cm long (wakizashi-corto.jpg)

    Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History. © the museum.
  5. The tang of the same wakizashi, with the signature (wakizashi-corto-nakago.jpg)

    Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History. © the museum.
  6. The same wakizashi from the other side: the tang bears no signature (wakizashi-corto-ura.jpg)

    Miyazaki Prefectural Museum of Nature and History. © the museum.