Kantei

Bibliography

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 all sources are cited here. Press outside the list of linkable sources is cited without a link. The images carry their credit in “Image credits”.

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Sources

Competitions and official bodies

  1. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) of 2025: not listed
  2. NBTHK, results of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) of 2023, forging section (作刀の部, sakutō no bu): not listed
  3. NBTHK, catalogues of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) of 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2026

    Consulted as PDFs; he is not listed in any of them.

Press

  1. CNN.co.jp, 2019: 日本の刀鍛冶、下島房宙氏 (Nihon no katanakaji, Shimojima Fusahiro-shi; “The Japanese swordsmith Shimojima Fusahiro”)

    No link: the domain is not on the list of linkable sources.
  2. Gulf Times, with the dpa agency (Lars Nicolaysen), December 2017: “Japan’s samurai sword-making tradition lives on through rare skill”

    No link: the domain is not on the list of linkable sources.

Videos

  1. Talk at the Sengoku Bushō EXPO of 2025 (A2008B2007C2009 channel)
  2. Talk at the Sengoku Bushō EXPO of 2026 (A2008B2007C2009 channel)
  3. Conversation with the polisher Ono Takahiro (小野敬博, Ono Takahiro), 2026 (A2008B2007C2009 channel)
  4. Signature demonstration in Sendai, 2017 (フックン, Fukkun channel)

Image credits

  1. Fusahiro at his talk at the 戦国武将 (Sengoku Bushō) EXPO, in Ueno Park (Tokyo), in January 2026 (charla-expo-2026.jpg)

    Still from the video by A2008B2007C2009 on YouTube. Rights: © A2008B2007C2009.
  2. Fusahiro tells how he became a swordsmith, at the Sengoku Bushō EXPO of 2026 (charla-expo-2026-gesto.jpg)

    Still from the video by A2008B2007C2009 on YouTube. Rights: © A2008B2007C2009.
  3. With the polisher Ono Takahiro (小野敬博, Ono Takahiro), in the suit, in their conversation at the Sengoku Bushō EXPO of 2026 (coloquio-pulidor-2026.jpg)

    Still from the video by A2008B2007C2009 on YouTube. Rights: © A2008B2007C2009.
  4. The mei-kiri (銘切り, mei-kiri): the signature cut with a chisel, at a demonstration in Sendai (2017) (mei-kiri-cincel.jpg)

    Still from the video by フックン (Fukkun) on YouTube. Rights: © フックン (Fukkun).
  5. Fusahiro engraves with the chisel at his demonstration in Sendai (2017) (mei-kiri-martillo.jpg)

    Still from the video by フックン (Fukkun) on YouTube. Rights: © フックン (Fukkun).