Sources

Sources

Museums and heritage

1. ColBase, Kyoto National Museum: tantō by Iga no Kami Kinmichi (E甲322)
2. ColBase, Kyoto National Museum: naginata by Iga no Kami Kinmichi (E甲443)
3. ColBase, Tokyo National Museum: tantō of 1829 in its mounting (F-309)
4. ColBase, Tokyo National Museum: wakizashi of 1835 (F-20035)
5. ColBase, Tokyo National Museum: tsuba by Iga no Kami Kinmichi (F-19743)
6. Bunka Isan Online (文化遺産オンライン, Bunka Isan Online): tantō of 1829

NBTHK

1. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 753, October 2019: the tokubetsu jūyō katana of the first generation (in English)
2. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 782, March 2022 (in English)
3. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 823, August 2025 (in English)

Studies

1. Markus Sesko, “How honorary titles were conferred”
2. Markus Sesko, “Chūmon-mei: an example with interesting historic context”
3. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 1: Sugata 7”
4. Japanese Sword Index, “The Mishina School”

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias

1. Kotobank: 金道 (Kinmichi), Nihon Jinmei Daijiten+Plus and Sekai Daihyakka Jiten
2. 刀剣の業物一覧 (Tōken no wazamono ichiran), Japanese Wikipedia
3. 鍵屋の辻の決闘 (Kagiya no Tsuji no kettō), Japanese Wikipedia

Image credits

1. Tantō by Iga no Kami Kinmichi (kioto-tanto.jpg)

   ColBase, Kyoto National Museum (E甲322).

2. Naginata by Iga no Kami Kinmichi (naginata-kioto.jpg)

   ColBase, Kyoto National Museum (E甲443).

3. The mounting of the tantō of 1829, both sides (tanto-1829-montura-1.jpg, tanto-1829-montura-2.jpg)

   ColBase, Tokyo National Museum (F-309).