Designated works
| Work | Category | Where it is | Details |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tachi 銘則宗 (mei Norimune) | National Treasure (kokuhō) since 1951; Designated in 1910 under the old law | Hie shrine, Tokyo | Offered on the sixth day of the sixth month of Shōhō 3 (1646), on the first visit to the shrine of the future fifth shōgun, Tokugawa Tsunayoshi, fourth son of Iemitsu |
| 二つ銘則宗 (Futatsu-mei Norimune), “Sasamaru” | Important Cultural Property (former “National Treasure” since 22 September 1909); in the Kyōhō meibutsuchō | Atago shrine, Kyoto | 80.1 cm blade, 2.71 cm sori, 675.5 g, unshortened nakago; with its leather-covered Nanbokuchō tachi mounting |
| Tachi 銘則宗 (mei Norimune) | Important Cultural Property | Okayama Prefectural Museum | 80.1 cm blade, 3.3 cm sori |
| Tachi 銘則宗 (mei Norimune) | Important Cultural Property | Mitsui Memorial Museum, Tokyo | — |
| Katana 無銘伝則宗 (mumei den Norimune) | Designated in 1926 under the old law | Imiya shrine, Yamaguchi | Unsigned: attributed to him |
| Tachi 銘則宗 (mei Norimune) | Gyobutsu | Collections of the Imperial Household | The Asano and Kuroda houses offered them to Emperor Meiji on his journeys to Hiroshima and to Fukuoka and Saga |
The “Sasamaru” and the Kyōhō meibutsuchō
- The Futatsu-mei Norimune is recorded in the 享保名物帳 (Kyōhō meibutsuchō) as 備前国則宗 (Bizen no kuni Norimune).
- According to tradition, it belonged to Ashikaga Takauji and later to Toyotomi Hideyoshi, who offered it to the Atago shrine.
Lists and treatises
He is not recorded in the wazamono lists or in other treatises, in the sources consulted.
Gallery
The tachi mei Norimune of the Hie shrine, whole (period photo). Bunka Zaidan Kyōkai, “Kokuhō zuroku”, vol. 1, on Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · source 
The nakago of the tachi of the Hie shrine, with the signature 則宗 (Norimune). Bunka Zaidan Kyōkai, “Kokuhō zuroku”, vol. 1, on Wikimedia Commons · Public domain · source
