Sources

Sources

Official databases and museums

1. ColBase: 太刀 銘 助宗 (tachi mei Sukemune), Tokyo National Museum
2. Bunka Isan Online: 太刀 銘 助宗 (tachi mei Sukemune), Tokyo National Museum
3. Bunka Isan Online: 短刀 銘 助宗 (tantō mei Sukemune), by Shimada Sukemune

References

1. Kotobank: 助宗 (Sukemune)
2. Japanese Wikipedia: 福岡一文字 (Fukuoka Ichimonji)
3. Japanese Wikipedia: 義助 (Yoshisuke)
4. English Wikipedia: Kiku-ichimonji
5. Markus Sesko: Honma’s Questions #1

Image credits

1. The tachi mei Sukemune of the Tokyo National Museum: the base of the blade and the shortened nakago. (tachi-tnm-nakago.jpg)

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