Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026. What is marked as attribution is asserted by a source, often the smith himself, and has not been checked separately; not all sources are cited here. Those without a link are cited without one.

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Sources

The NBTHK

  1. NBTHK: list of prize-winners of the 令和の名刀・名工展 (Reiwa no Meitō Meikōten), 2022
  2. NBTHK: results of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) of 2025, forging section
  3. NBTHK: results of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) of 2026, forging section

Public administrations, press and others

  1. Ōita Prefecture: the governor’s note on the Japanese Sword Day visit, 4 October 2024
  2. TOS, Television Ōita: “大分県内に2人だけの「刀匠」” (Ōita kennai ni futari dake no tōshō; “only two swordsmiths in Ōita Prefecture”), 4 October 2024
  3. Ōita branch of the NBTHK: the fire-lighting ceremony of his forge, 9 January 2023
  4. 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita): the visit to his workshop on 12 December 2024

Videos

  1. OBS: “10月4日は「日本刀の日」” (Jūgatsu yokka wa Nihontō no hi), 4 October 2024
  2. OBS: “製法不明の名刀「豊後刀」復活へ” (Seihō fumei no meitō Bungo-tō fukkatsu e), 23 January 2025

Image credits

  1. At the forge of his Misa workshop. (fragua-barra.jpg)

    Photo: 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita). © 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita).
  2. Taira Kiyoaki at the entrance of his workshop. (retrato-entrada.jpg)

    Photo: 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita). © 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita).
  3. The entrance of the 清明日本刀鍛錬場 (Seimei Nihontō Tanrenjō), with its shimenawa (注連縄, shimenawa). (fachada-taller.jpg)

    Photo: 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita). © 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita).
  4. The lit forge, during the December 2024 visit. (fragua-carbon.jpg)

    Photo: 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita). © 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita).
  5. Work at the forge, amid sparks. (fragua-chispas.jpg)

    Photo: 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita). © 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita).
  6. The charcoal flame in the forge. (fragua-llama.jpg)

    Photo: 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita). © 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita).
  7. Explaining the workshop to visitors. (explicacion-visita.jpg)

    Photo: 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita). © 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita).
  8. Bars and half-forged blades, shown to visitors. (mesa-barras.jpg)

    Photo: 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita). © 高田びわのす通信 (Takata biwanosu tsūshin), neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita).
  9. Working in the workshop, and its entrance. (comercio-taller-y-letrero.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  10. Two blades of his on display, with their labels. (comercio-dos-hojas.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  11. A katana of his: the blade, the signature 豊後國平清明鍛之 (Bungo no kuni Taira Kiyoaki kore o kitau) and the date 令和五年二月日 (Reiwa gonen nigatsu hi, February 2023). (comercio-katana-firma.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.

Video posters

  1. Still from the 2024 news item (video-oG2PIJTg5VE.jpg)

    OBS, on YouTube.
  2. Still from the 2025 report (video-OSYCtIcoQDE.jpg)

    OBS, on YouTube.