Kantei
A short wakizashi blade on a black cloth, with the tang on the left; above, a label with numbers, and below, the light wooden scabbard.

Nagoya City Museum · CC BY-NC-ND

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Famous works

In what was consulted, no blade of his is designated by the State; there are two with his signature in museums in Nagoya and Nagano, and one with the title of Harima no Kami at the Tokyo National Museum.

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  1. Documented works
  2. In the lists and the treatises
  3. Works on display

Documented works

WorkDesignationWhere it is
Wakizashi signed 播磨大掾藤原忠国 (Harima Daijō Fujiwara Tadakuni), 38.4 cm, with its wooden scabbard and its bag; from the Suzuki Kiichi collectionNo designationNagoya City Museum
Spear signed 肥前住播磨大掾藤原忠國 (Hizen jū Harima Daijō Fujiwara Tadakuni), 38.5 cm, from the early Edo period, from the Maejima family, retainers of MatsushiroNo designationSanada Museum, Nagano
Katana signed 肥前住播磨守藤原忠国 (Hizen jū Harima no Kami Fujiwara Tadakuni), with its mounting of crabs, peonies and chrysanthemumsNo designationTokyo National Museum (F-337)

In the lists and the treatises

YearList or treatiseRank
1797懐宝剣尺 (Kaihō Kenjaku), by Yamada Asaemon業物 (wazamono), the fourth of four grades, for the first
1933 (published in 1935)Tomita Kiyama’s ranking of shintō swordsmiths, in the manner of sumōWest maegashira

Works on display

In the polishing section of the NBTHK’s 2017 新作名刀展 (Shinsaku Meitōten), a katana signed 肥前住播磨大掾藤原忠国 (Hizen jū Harima Daijō Fujiwara Tadakuni) was shown; the catalogue does not say which generation it belongs to.