Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026 and the credits for all the images. The list of cultural properties of Tochigi prefecture is cited by name, without a link. Dealers were used to check data, but they are neither cited nor linked; their photos carry the generic credit.

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Sources

NBTHK

  1. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 782 (March 2022), kantei-tō no. 4: katana by Hosokawa Masayoshi of 1842 (PDF, in English)
  2. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 745 (February 2019), kantei-tō no. 3 (PDF, in English)

Official records

  1. Tochigi prefecture, 栃木県指定文化財 (Tochigi-ken shitei bunkazai): the list of cultural properties designated by the prefecture

Studies

  1. Toryu-Mon, “Mito Tōkō”
  2. Japanese Sword Index: the list of shintō swordsmiths by Tomita Kiyama (1933), translated by Jinsoo Kim

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias

  1. 水心子正秀 (Suishinshi Masahide), Japanese Wikipedia
  2. 藤枝英義 (Fujieda Hideyoshi), Japanese Wikipedia

Image credits

  1. Tantō signed 作陽幕下士細川正義 (Sakuyō bakka-shi Hosokawa Masayoshi) (tanto-1850.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  2. The tantō, from both sides (tanto-1850-hoja.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  3. The tang of the tantō (tanto-1850-nakago.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  4. Katana by Masamori (katana-masamori-1862.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  5. The tang of Masamori’s katana (katana-masamori-1862-nakago.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.