Sources

Sources

Competitions and official bodies

1. NBTHK, results of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) of 2023, forging section (作刀の部, sakutō no bu), with his civil name: 入選二席 (nyūsen niseki)
2. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) of 2025: not among the prize-winners
3. NBTHK, catalogues of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) of 2021, 2022, 2024 and 2026

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

Television

1. yab (山口朝日放送, Yamaguchi Asahi Hōsō), どき生百景 (probable reading: Dokiiki hyakkei) vol. 61, 2021

On this site

1. The monograph on his master, Matsuba Kagemasa

   Matsuba Kagemasa (松葉景正, Matsuba Kagemasa), with the Matsuba school and his pupils.

Image credits

1. Kagami Yashamaro looks along a blade, outdoors (examina-hoja-al-aire.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

2. In the workshop, in front of the drawings of blades on the wall (sentado-en-el-taller.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

3. Next to the charcoal chopped for the forge (junto-al-carbon.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

4. The forge, amid sparks (forja-chispas.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

5. Forging with two hammers (forja-a-dos.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

6. The Shintō altar (神棚, kamidana) of the forge (kamidana.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

7. The point of a blade of his, with the undulating temper line (kissaki-fondo-negro.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

8. Tamahagane and charcoal, in their boxes (tamahagane-cajas.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

9. Pieces of tamahagane in the hand (tamahagane-en-la-mano.jpg)

   Photo: the smith himself.

10. The point of a blade of his, on both faces (kissaki-doble.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.

11. The point and the yokote of a blade of his (kissaki-yokote.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.

12. Detail of a wakizashi of his, on the ura side (wakizashi-ura.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.

13. A blade of his on its stand (hoja-sobre-soporte.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.