Kantei

Bibliography

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026. What is marked as attribution is stated by a source, often the smith himself, and has not been checked separately; not all sources are cited here. The images carry their credit in “Image credits”.

On this page
  1. Sources

Sources

Competitions and official bodies

  1. NBTHK, catalogue of the 平成の名刀・名工展 (Heisei no Meitō Meikōten), 2019: no. 18, tantō 國壽 (Kunihisa)
  2. NBTHK, 平成の名刀・名工展 (Heisei no Meitō Meikōten): prize table
  3. NBTHK, 令和の名刀・名工展 (Reiwa no Meitō Meikōten), list of prize-winners (2022)
  4. NBTHK, results of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) of 2023, forging section (作刀の部, sakutō no bu): not listed
  5. NBTHK, catalogues of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) of 2021, 2022, 2024, 2025 and 2026

    Consulted as PDFs; he is not among the prize-winners in any of them.

Videos

  1. The hardening clay, explained (m2photoMovie channel, 2021)
  2. He talks about his work (m2photoMovie channel, 2020)

On this site

  1. The profile of his master, Kawachi Kunihira

    Kawachi Kunihira (河内國平, Kawachi Kunihira).

Image credits

  1. The red-hot steel on the anvil, in his forge (acero-al-rojo.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  2. In front of the hearth (火床, hodo) (ante-el-hodo.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  3. The sign 國壽鍛刀場 (Kunihisa tantōjō), “Kunihisa’s forge”, with its shimenawa (rotulo-de-la-forja.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  4. The forge, amid sparks (forja-chispas.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  5. The forge and the gallery 壽工舎 (probable reading: Kotohogi kōsha), in Tomioka (forja-y-sala.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  6. The entrance to the gallery, with the sign 壽工舎 (probable reading: Kotohogi kōsha) (rotulo-kotohogi-kosha.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  7. Inside the gallery, with a sword in its display case (sala-interior.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  8. A blade of his, with its temper (hamon-pizarra.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  9. The tantō 月光 (Gekkō, “moonlight”), of 2010 (tanto-gekko.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  10. The gold crescent moon inlaid in the tantō Gekkō (tanto-gekko-luna.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  11. A hira-wakizashi of 2010 (hira-wakizashi-2010.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  12. A tantō of his, on a black background (tanto-fondo-negro.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  13. The tang with his signature 國壽 (Kunihisa) (nakago-mei.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  14. An iron obi clasp (帯留, obidome) in the shape of a lotus root (れんこん, renkon) (obidome-renkon.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.