Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, by type, and the credit for each image. Only sources that do not sell swords are linked; those that do sell served to learn about the tradition, but they are neither cited nor linked.

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Sources

NBTHK

  1. NBTHK, the association's journal, issue 779 (December 2021), English translation: Sadaoki's tachi and the Hōshō school

Studies

  1. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 2 – Jigane/Jihada 2” (2015)

Encyclopaedias

  1. Japanese Wikipedia: 五箇伝 (gokaden)

Official databases and museums

  1. Bunka Isan Online: the tantō 大保昌 (Ōhōshō)
  2. Bunka Isan Online: search by artist 貞宗 (Sadamune)
  3. ColBase: Tokyo National Museum, F-20112
  4. e-Museum: the tantō 大保昌 (Ōhōshō), signed by 藤原貞吉 (Fujiwara Sadayoshi)
  5. Wikimedia Commons: the tantō Kuwayama Hōshō

Image credits

  1. The tantō 大保昌 (Ōhōshō), by Sadayoshi, another smith of the school, in the Tokyo National Museum: one side, with its bōhi. (ohosho-omote.jpg)

    Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase · ColBase terms of use.
  2. The Ōhōshō, the other side: the masame of the school and the tang ending in kiri. (ohosho-ura.jpg)

    Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase · ColBase terms of use.
  3. The Ōhōshō on display with its habaki. (ohosho-exposicion.jpg)

    Kakidai, via Wikimedia Commons · CC BY-SA 3.0.
  4. The tantō 桑山保昌 (Kuwayama Hōshō), by Sadayoshi, in a 1938 photo: one side. (kuwayama-hosho-1.jpg)

    Tokyo Imperial Museum, 1938, National Diet Library, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.
  5. The Kuwayama Hōshō, the other side, with the signature on the tang. (kuwayama-hosho-2.jpg)

    Tokyo Imperial Museum, 1938, National Diet Library, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain.