Kantei
The rounded point of a blade from both sides, with a coloured reflection on the edge.

Photo: dealer in Japan

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026. The sale listings served to check facts, but they are neither cited nor linked; their photos carry the generic credit.

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Sources

References

  1. Study of the Japanese sword (ohmura-study.net): “Tōgō Hagane and Hayama Enshin”, with the history of the Kawai house

Consulted, without a link

  1. The ColBase, Bunka Isan Online and Japanese Sword Museum databases, on 4 October 2026: no works of his

Image credits

  1. The 1897 tantō, whole (tanto-1897-entero.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  2. The 1905 katana: the signature 浄雲斎羽山円真造之 (Jōunsai Hayama Enshin kore o tsukuru) and, on the other side, the date and the name of the man who commissioned it (katana-1905-mei.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  3. The 1905 katana: the temper line (katana-1905-hamon.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  4. The 1905 katana: the point (katana-1905-kissaki.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  5. The 1897 tantō: the point (tanto-1897-kissaki.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  6. The 1897 tantō: the signature, the date and the inscription of the steel (tanto-1897-mei.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  7. A katana of 1909: the tang, with the date (katana-1909-nakago.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.