Kantei
An elderly man with white hair and beard, smiling, seated at a table in a tatami room; a red caption in Japanese.

Still from the video, © 芭蕉さんの旅講座 (Bashō-san no tabi kōza) · © 芭蕉さんの旅講座 (Bashō-san no tabi kōza)

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026 and the credits for every image. Only sources that do not sell swords are linked.

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Sources

Encyclopaedias and catalogues

  1. 藤安将平 (Fujiyasu Masahira), Japanese Wikipedia
  2. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2021: he is not listed
  3. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2022: he is not listed
  4. NBTHK, results of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2023: he is not listed
  5. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2024: he is not listed
  6. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2025: he is not listed
  7. NBTHK, English catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2026: he is not listed
  8. Akanuma Hiroshi and Fujiyasu Masahira, 『ふくしま手語り 孤高の鎚音』 (Fukushima tegatari: Kokō no tsuchioto), 歴史春秋社 (Rekishi Shunjūsha), 2019

Videos

  1. TUFchannel, 2025 report
  2. みなとムービー (Minato mūbī), the 2019 public forging
  3. 芭蕉さんの旅講座 (Bashō-san no tabi kōza), 2018 interview

Image credits

  1. Fujiyasu before the hearth (forja-fragua.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  2. Blade of ancient form (hoja-forma-antigua.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  3. Cover of “Kokō no tsuchioto” (2019) (libro-koko-no-tsuchioto.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  4. The hardening, at night (yaki-ire-directo.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  5. Fujiyasu in his forge (TUF, 2025) (video-DTq92Akv0AU.jpg)

    Still from the video, © TUFchannel.
  6. The 2019 public forging (video-ESqWu08sJSw.jpg)

    Still from the video, © みなとムービー (Minato mūbī).
  7. Fujiyasu in the 2018 interview (video-FMWqgPCJ4pM.jpg)

    Still from the video, © 芭蕉さんの旅講座 (Bashō-san no tabi kōza).