Sources

Sources

NBTHK competitions and catalogues

1. NBTHK, catalogue of the 平成の名刀・名工展 (Heisei no Meitō Meikōten) exhibition, 2019
2. NBTHK, results of the 平成の名刀・名工展 (Heisei no Meitō Meikōten)
3. NBTHK, catalogue of the 新作名刀展 (Shinsaku Meitōten) of the 2017 fiscal year
4. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2021
5. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2022
6. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2024
7. NBTHK, list of works of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2025, in English
8. NBTHK, list of works of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2026, in English

Encyclopaedias and museums

1. 月山貞利 (Gassan Sadatoshi), Japanese Wikipedia
2. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: Blade for a Sword (Katana), 2004.401a, b

Press and interviews

1. FLOW magazine, no. 43 (February 2011): interview with Gassan Sadatoshi

   Alumni magazine; no link.

Image credits

1. Gassan Sadatoshi (attributed portrait) (retrato.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

2. Gassan Sadatoshi at the forge, with an assistant (forja.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

3. The memorial hall of the Gassan family, in Sakurai (museo-exterior.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

4. The garden and the entrance (museo-jardin.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

5. A katana and its mounting in the hall (museo-sala.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

6. Katana with a dragon grasping the sword (剣掴み龍, ken tsukami ryū), 71.3 cm, according to him (obra-katana-ryu.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

7. Tachi of 76.9 cm, according to him (obra-tachi-1.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

8. Tachi of 58.3 cm, according to him (obra-tachi-2.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

9. Tachi with a dragon among pine, bamboo and plum, 72.8 cm, according to him (obra-tachi-shochikubai.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

10. The 2004 katana in the Metropolitan Museum of Art (2004.401) (commons-met-2004-401.jpg)

    Marie-Lan Nguyen (Jastrow), CC BY 2.5, via Wikimedia Commons.