Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026.

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Sources

Museums and heritage

  1. ColBase, Tokyo National Museum: katana of 1629, Important Art Object (F-19997)
  2. ColBase, Tokyo National Museum: katana of 1600 (F-19868)
  3. ColBase, Tokyo National Museum: katana with Munenaga’s engraving (F-20193)
  4. ColBase, Tokyo National Museum: katana with the invocation to Kannon (F-335)
  5. ColBase, Tokyo National Museum: katana in its mounting (F-17266)
  6. ColBase, Kyūshū National Museum: katana of 73.6 cm (F17)
  7. Bunka Isan Online (文化遺産オンライン, Bunka Isan Online): katana of 1630, cultural property of Saga prefecture

NBTHK

  1. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 745, February 2019 (in English)
  2. NBTHK, catalogue of the exhibition on the Umetada, 2020
  3. NBTHK, catalogue of the exhibition 日本刀 表と裏の世界 (Nihontō omote to ura no sekai), 2020
  4. NBTHK, catalogue of the 71st exhibition of new designations, 2026

Studies

  1. Japanese Sword Index, “Hizen-To”
  2. Japanese Sword Index, “Shinto Swordsmith Ranking” (Tomita Kiyama, 1933)

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias

  1. 肥前忠吉 (Hizen Tadayoshi), Japanese Wikipedia
  2. 肥前忠吉 (初代) (Hizen Tadayoshi, shodai), Japanese Wikipedia
  3. 刀剣の業物一覧 (Tōken no wazamono ichiran), Japanese Wikipedia
  4. List of Wazamono, English Wikipedia

Image credits

  1. Katana of 1629, whole, the point and the tang (katana-1629.jpg, katana-1629-kissaki.jpg, katana-1629-nakago.jpg)

    ColBase, Tokyo National Museum (F-19997).
  2. Katana of 1600, whole and the tang (katana-1600.jpg, katana-1600-nakago.jpg)

    ColBase, Tokyo National Museum (F-19868).
  3. Katana with Munenaga’s engraving, whole and the engraving (katana-munenaga.jpg, katana-munenaga-horimono.jpg)

    ColBase, Tokyo National Museum (F-20193).
  4. The tang of the katana with the invocation to Kannon (katana-kannon-nakago.jpg)

    ColBase, Tokyo National Museum (F-335).
  5. Katana in its mounting (katana-koshirae.jpg)

    ColBase, Tokyo National Museum (F-17266).
  6. Katana of 73.6 cm (katana-kyushu.jpg)

    ColBase, Kyūshū National Museum (F17).
  7. Katana by the first Hizen Tadayoshi with its mounting (katana-primero-montura.jpg)

    SLIMHANNYA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  8. The grave of the first Hizen Tadayoshi at the Shinkakuji temple (tumba-shinkakuji.jpg)

    Pekachu, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.