His talks and a signature

Videos

Four videos: his talks at the Sengoku Bushō EXPO in Ueno, in 2025 and 2026, the conversation with a polisher and a signature demonstration in Sendai. They play from YouTube when clicked.

Play: 刀鍛冶 下島房宙 (katanakaji Shimojima Fusahiro): 刀鍛冶になるきっかけ (katanakaji ni naru kikkake; how he came to be a swordsmith), 戦国武将 (Sengoku Bushō) EXPO 2025

刀鍛冶 下島房宙 (katanakaji Shimojima Fusahiro): 刀鍛冶になるきっかけ (katanakaji ni naru kikkake; how he came to be a swordsmith), 戦国武将 (Sengoku Bushō) EXPO 2025 · A2008B2007C2009

28:23 · 2 March 2025

His talk of 22 February 2025 in Ueno Park (上野恩賜公園, Ueno Onshi Kōen), in Tokyo: how he became a swordsmith, the eight-year apprenticeship with his master and his present.

Play: 刀鍛冶 下島房宙 (katanakaji Shimojima Fusahiro), 戦国武将 (Sengoku Bushō) EXPO 2026

刀鍛冶 下島房宙 (katanakaji Shimojima Fusahiro), 戦国武将 (Sengoku Bushō) EXPO 2026 · A2008B2007C2009

29:50 · 23 January 2026

The same talk, a year later, on 18 January 2026, on the same stage.

Play: 刀鍛冶師 (katanakajishi) 下島房宙 (Shimojima Fusahiro) × 刀剣研師 (tōken togishi) 小野敬博 (Ono Takahiro): 対談 (taidan; conversation between the swordsmith and the polisher)

刀鍛冶師 (katanakajishi) 下島房宙 (Shimojima Fusahiro) × 刀剣研師 (tōken togishi) 小野敬博 (Ono Takahiro): 対談 (taidan; conversation between the swordsmith and the polisher) · A2008B2007C2009

31:14 · 29 January 2026

Conversation with the polisher Ono Takahiro (小野敬博, Ono Takahiro) at the Sengoku Bushō EXPO of 2026, on 18 January 2026.

Play: 下島宙房刀匠の銘切り動画 (Shimojima Hirofusa tōshō no mei-kiri dōga; the swordsmith’s signature, on video), Sendai

下島宙房刀匠の銘切り動画 (Shimojima Hirofusa tōshō no mei-kiri dōga; the swordsmith’s signature, on video), Sendai · フックン (Fukkun)

3:01 · 16 May 2017

A demonstration of signing with the chisel (銘切り, mei-kiri) in front of Sendai station. The title writes 下島宙房 (Shimojima Hirofusa) instead of 下島房宙 (Shimojima Fusahiro); from the rest of the title and the demonstration, it is him.