Kantei

Bibliography

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, by type. Only sources that do not sell swords are linked.

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Encyclopaedias and dictionaries

  1. Japanese Wikipedia: 大倶利伽羅広光 (Ōkurikara Hiromitsu)
  2. Japanese Wikipedia: 火車切広光 (Kashagiri Hiromitsu)
  3. Kotobank: 広光 (Hiromitsu), in the 日本国語大辞典 (Nihon kokugo daijiten) and the 世界大百科事典 (Sekai daihyakka jiten)

NBTHK

  1. NBTHK, the association's journal, issue 829 (February 2026), English translation: Hiromitsu's Tokubetsu Jūyō wakizashi
  2. NBTHK, the association's journal, issue 830 (March 2026), English translation
  3. NBTHK, the association's journal, issue 721 (February 2017), English translation
  4. NBTHK, the association's journal, issue 758 (March 2020), English translation

Studies

  1. Markus Sesko, “The expulsion of two Kasha” (2015)
  2. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 4 – Yamashiro #30 – Hasebe School 1” (2017)
  3. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 4 – Yamashiro #31 – Hasebe School 2” (2017)

Image credits

  1. Hira-zukuri wakizashi signed 廣光 (Hiromitsu), with NBTHK Jūyō Tōken papers: the two sides of the blade and the tang. (wakizashi-juyo.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.