Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, by type. Dealers and portals served to check facts, but they are neither cited nor linked; their photos carry the generic credit.

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Sources

Gamagōri museum and city hall

  1. Gamagōri Museum: page of the exhibition “蒲郡の刀鍛冶〜藤原武則・元久の世界〜” (Gamagōri no katanakaji Fujiwara Takenori Motohisa no sekai), 2023, Internet Archive copy
  2. Gamagōri city hall: the museum’s press release on the exhibition, 4 January 2023

References and press

  1. Markus Sesko: Mukansa/Ningen-Kokuhō List
  2. 東日新聞 (Tōnichi Shinbun): the 2023 exhibition at the Gamagōri museum

Image credits

  1. Poster for the 2023 Gamagōri museum exhibition. (cartel-gamagori-2023.jpg)

    Photo: Gamagōri Museum. © Gamagōri city hall.

  2. The point of the 1991 katana. (katana-1991-kissaki.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.

  3. The hamon of the 1991 katana. (katana-1991-hamon.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.

  4. The tang of the 1991 katana. (katana-1991-nakago.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.

  5. Poster of the video of the CBC news report (video-jy7itCpUWN8.jpg)

    Still: CBC Television News from Japan, on YouTube.

  6. Poster of the video of the iaidō demonstration (video-9ArjMVbyelc.jpg)

    Still: 真剣太郎 (Shinken Tarō), on YouTube.