In his own words

Videos

Two videos from the m2photoMovie channel, from a series on the Kawachi school, in which he speaks: his way of working and the hardening clay, explained. They play from YouTube when clicked.

Play: 石田國壽刀工 (Ishida Kunihisa tōkō) 國光の土置き (Kunimitsu no tsuchi-oki; the clay of a “Kunimitsu” blade), 解説しながら土を置いていきます (kaisetsu shinagara tsuchi o oite ikimasu; “I apply the clay while I explain it”)

石田國壽刀工 (Ishida Kunihisa tōkō) 國光の土置き (Kunimitsu no tsuchi-oki; the clay of a “Kunimitsu” blade), 解説しながら土を置いていきます (kaisetsu shinagara tsuchi o oite ikimasu; “I apply the clay while I explain it”) · m2photoMovie

6:13 · 14 January 2021

He explains the hardening clay (土置き, tsuchi-oki) while applying it to a blade that the title calls 國光 (Kunimitsu).

Play: 石田國壽刀工が自分の取り組みを話す動画です (Ishida Kunihisa tōkō ga jibun no torikumi o hanasu dōga desu; the swordsmith Ishida Kunihisa talks about his work)

石田國壽刀工が自分の取り組みを話す動画です (Ishida Kunihisa tōkō ga jibun no torikumi o hanasu dōga desu; the swordsmith Ishida Kunihisa talks about his work) · m2photoMovie

0:45 · 20 January 2020

A short video from a series on the pupils of the Kawachi school (河内一門, Kawachi ichimon): he talks about what he seeks in his work.