Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026. What is marked as attribution is stated by a source, often the smith himself, and has not been checked separately; not every source is cited here.

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Sources

Lists and catalogues

  1. Markus Sesko: list of mukansa and Living National Treasures (1996, Enomoto Sadayoshi, 1908–2000)
  2. NBTHK: catalogue of the Heisei no Meitō Meikōten (2019), consulted without finding his name

Image credits

  1. A smith at the hearth, in the photos used to present Sadahito; no caption says who he is (comercio-forja-fragua.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  2. With the sledgehammer beside the hearth; this photo has no caption either (comercio-forja-martillo.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  3. Sparks while forging, in the same workshop (comercio-forja-chispas.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  4. The point of the 1997 katana: notare with gunome (comercio-gassaku-1997-kissaki.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  5. 1997 katana made jointly with his father: “湧水心貞吉貞人合作” (Yūsuishin Sadayoshi Sadahito gassaku) (comercio-gassaku-1997-nakago.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  6. An engraved bonji and two grooves on the 1997 katana, dated November 1997 (平成九年十一月日, Heisei kyūnen jūichigatsu hi) (comercio-gassaku-1997-bonji.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  7. 1989 katana: “伊豆住貞人作之” (Izu-jū Sadahito saku kore) and “平成元年二月日” (Heisei gannen nigatsu hi), February 1989 (comercio-katana-1989-nakago.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  8. The point (kissaki) of the 1989 katana (comercio-katana-1989-kissaki.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  9. Katana of March 1985 (昭和六拾年三月, Shōwa rokujū-nen sangatsu), with its koshirae and its shirasaya (comercio-katana-1985-montura.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  10. A new katana of his, in a trial mounting (comercio-katana-nueva-soporte.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.