Sources

Sources

NBTHK

1. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2021 (he does not appear)
2. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2022 (he does not appear)
3. NBTHK, results of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2023 (he does not appear)
4. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2024 (he does not appear)
5. NBTHK, mukansa and results of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2025 (he does not appear)
6. NBTHK, mukansa and results of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2026 (he does not appear)

Consulted, without a link

1. Japanese Wikipedia: 藤原宗永 (Fujiwara no Munenaga), the Heian nobleman, a namesake
2. Fukushima press: 福島民報 (Fukushima Minpō), October 2021, and the magazine “Asahi Sally”, December 2021

Image credits

1. Fujiwara Munenaga at his forge. (retrato-sonriente.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

2. Forging with the hammer. (forja-martillo.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

3. Seated before the forge, with an assistant. (forja-sentado.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

4. Forging with assistants and sledgehammer. (forja-con-ayudantes.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

5. The hammer over a red-hot blade. (forja-brazo.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

6. Amid the flames of the forge. (forja-llamas.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

7. A red-hot blade on the anvil. (hoja-al-rojo-yunque.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

8. A glowing piece in the tongs. (hoja-temple-llamas.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

9. Two of his blades. (hoja-negra.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

10. His signature, 宗永 (Munenaga), on the tang (cropped). (nakago-firma.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.

11. Poster of the video of the 2017 ceremonial forging (video-REwDV4yxsGs.jpg)

    Still: フックン (Fukkun), on YouTube.