Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026. The family tree, the descriptions of his blades and the videos of his blades were used to check facts, but they are neither cited nor linked; the photos carry the generic credit. The NBTHK was consulted to see whether he appeared in its competitions.

On this page
  1. Sources

Sources

NBTHK: catalogues and lists

  1. NBTHK, catalogue of the 新作名刀展 (Shinsaku Meitōten) exhibition of fiscal year 2017
  2. NBTHK, results for 2019 in 『刀剣美術』 (Tōken Bijutsu)
  3. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2020
  4. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2021
  5. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2022
  6. NBTHK, results of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2023, forging section
  7. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2024
  8. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2025
  9. NBTHK, results of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2026

Other sources

  1. 全日本刀匠会 (Zen Nihon Tōshōkai), list of members of the Kyūshū section, consulted on 4 October 2026

On this site

  1. The monograph on the Akamatsu Tarō forge

    Akamatsu Tarō (赤松太郎)
  2. The monograph on his nephew Kanemitsu

    Akamatsu Tarō Kanemitsu (赤松太郎兼光)

Image credits

  1. The gunome and chōji temper of the 2009 katana. (katana-2009-hamon.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  2. The signature of the 2009 katana: 肥後國八代住赤松太郎兼照作 (Higo no Kuni Yatsushiro-jū Akamatsu Tarō Kaneteru saku) and, on the other side, 以自家製鉄鍛之 (jika seitetsu o motte kore o kitau) 己丑年一月吉日 (tsuchinoto-ushi no toshi ichigatsu kichijitsu). (katana-2009-nakago.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  3. Katana of January 2009, on both sides. (katana-2009-hoja.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.