Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, by type, and the credit for each image.

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Sources

Official databases and museums

  1. Bunka Isan Online: 太刀〈銘則房〉 (tachi mei Norifusa), National Treasure, Fukuyama
  2. Bunka Isan Online: 刀 無銘則房 (katana mumei Norifusa), National Treasure, Kyūshū
  3. ColBase: 刀 無銘則房 (katana mumei Norifusa), Kyūshū National Museum
  4. NBTHK, catalogue of the 2026 exhibition of Important Art Objects

References

  1. Japanese Wikipedia: 福岡一文字 (Fukuoka Ichimonji)
  2. English Wikipedia: List of National Treasures of Japan (crafts: swords)
  3. Kotobank: 則宗 (Norimune)
  4. Markus Sesko: Kantei 1, sugata 5

Image credits

  1. The tachi mei Norifusa of the Fukuyama Museum of Art, whole (photo of 1957). (tachi-fukuyama-completo.jpg)

    Committee for the Protection of Cultural Properties, “Kokuhō zuroku” (1957), on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
  2. The Fukuyama tachi: the half with the point, with the chōji temper. (tachi-fukuyama-kissaki.jpg)

    Committee for the Protection of Cultural Properties, “Kokuhō zuroku” (1957), on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
  3. The nakago of the Fukuyama tachi, with the signature 則房 (Norifusa). (tachi-fukuyama-nakago.jpg)

    Committee for the Protection of Cultural Properties, “Kokuhō zuroku” (1957), on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
  4. The plate of the 1957 “Kokuhō zuroku” with the Fukuyama tachi. (tachi-fukuyama-lamina.jpg)

    Committee for the Protection of Cultural Properties, “Kokuhō zuroku” (1957), on Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
  5. The katana mumei Norifusa of the Kyūshū National Museum, one side. (katana-kyushu-1.jpg)

    Kyūshū National Museum, on ColBase. ColBase terms of use.
  6. The Kyūshū katana, the other side. (katana-kyushu-2.jpg)

    Kyūshū National Museum, on ColBase. ColBase terms of use.