Kantei

Bibliography

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, with their link when it can be published, and the credit for each image. The website, social media and channels of the smith himself, and the dealers, were used to check facts, but they are neither cited nor linked; the photos taken from them carry a generic credit.

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  1. Sources

Sources

NBTHK

  1. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 809, June 2024: the tachi of the Takamatsu-no-miya Kinenshō and his biography
  2. NBTHK, catalogue of the 2017 Shinsaku Meitōten
  3. NBTHK, 2018 results (『刀剣美術』, Tōken Bijutsu, no. 737)
  4. NBTHK, 2019 catalogue
  5. NBTHK, 2020 results
  6. NBTHK, 2021 catalogue
  7. NBTHK, 2022 catalogue
  8. NBTHK, 2023 results
  9. NBTHK, 2024 catalogue
  10. NBTHK, 2025 catalogue
  11. NBTHK, 2025 catalogue in English (the reading Kaneda)
  12. NBTHK, 2026 catalogue in English (Takamatsu-no-miya Kinenshō)

Videos

  1. Re·rise News, interview, 24 August 2021
  2. Yamazoe Tourism Association, “Tenmaru tsūshin” no. 12, 29 July 2022

Image credits

  1. The forge fire (forja-fuego.jpg)

    Photo: Kei Nakamura. © Kei Nakamura.
  2. Tachi 初鍛 (Hatsu kitae), his first competition work, 2015 (2015-tachi-hatsu-kitae.jpg)

    Photo: Kei Nakamura. © Kei Nakamura.
  3. Tachi 花月 (Kagetsu), 2016 (2016-tachi-kagetsu.jpg)

    Photo: Kei Nakamura. © Kei Nakamura.
  4. The tachi Kagetsu with its shirasaya (2016-tachi-kagetsu-shirasaya.jpg)

    Photo: Kei Nakamura. © Kei Nakamura.
  5. Tachi 初桜 (Hatsuzakura), 2017 (2017-tachi-hatsuzakura.jpg)

    Photo: Kei Nakamura. © Kei Nakamura.
  6. Tachi 光春 (Kōshun), 2021, fifth prize of excellence (2021-tachi-koshun.jpg)

    Photo: Kei Nakamura. © Kei Nakamura.
  7. Tachi of 70.8 cm, 2022, first prize of excellence (2022-tachi-saigetsu.jpg)

    Photo: Kei Nakamura. © Kei Nakamura.
  8. Wakizashi 甕鏡 (Mika kagami) (wakizashi-mika-kagami.jpg)

    Photo: Kei Nakamura. © Kei Nakamura.
  9. The wakizashi Mika kagami, another shot (wakizashi-mika-kagami-2.jpg)

    Photo: Kei Nakamura. © Kei Nakamura.
  10. A short blade (wakizashi or tantō) (wakizashi-koshirae.jpg)

    Photo: Kei Nakamura. © Kei Nakamura.