A finished blade shining on a polishing stone.

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Kanzan · NBTHK president

Prizes

More than forty years of prizes at the NBTHK new-work exhibition: those before 2017 are given by him; from 2017, by the catalogues and the lists.

On this page
  1. Year by year
  2. Protective swords
  3. How to read it

Year by year

YearCompetitionPrizeWork
1981新作名刀展 (Shinsaku Meitōten), NBTHK努力賞 (Doryokushō), the first time he exhibits—
1994–1996, 1999, 2001Shinsaku Meitōten努力賞 (Doryokushō)—
2000Shinsaku Meitōten優秀賞 (Yūshūshō)—
2003–2013Shinsaku Meitōten優秀賞 (Yūshūshō) in several years; from 2004 to 2006, first place in the tantō and ken section—
2015Shinsaku Meitōten日本美術刀剣保存協会会長賞 (Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai Kaichōshō), tantō and ken section—
2016Shinsaku MeitōtenKaichōshō, tachi and katana sectionTachi 慎平作 (Shinpei saku), February 2016
2017Shinsaku Meitōten努力賞 (Doryokushō), 2nd placeKatana, 71.1 cm
2019現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten), NBTHKKaichōshō, tachi and katana sectionTachi, 74.5 cm, February 2019
2019平成の名刀・名工展 (Heisei no Meitō Meikōten), NBTHKSelected for the catalogue (名工選, meikō sen), no. 11Tachi of 2016, 78.2 cm
2020Gendai Tōshokuten寒山賞 (Kanzanshō), tachi and katana sectionTachi, 74.8 cm, February 2020
2021Gendai TōshokutenKanzanshō, tantō and ken section; 努力賞 (Doryokushō), 2nd place, in the tachi and katana sectionTantō, 22.2 cm; tachi, 71.6 cm
2022Gendai Tōshokuten優秀賞 (Yūshūshō), tachi and katana sectionKatana, 79.3 cm
2023Gendai Tōshokuten努力賞 (Doryokushō), 3rd place, tachi and katana sectionKatana, 80.0 cm
2024Gendai TōshokutenKanzanshō, tachi and katana section; 努力賞 (Doryokushō), 1st place, in the tantō and ken sectionKodachi, 55.9 cm; tantō, 26.8 cm
2025Gendai TōshokutenKaichōshō, tantō and ken section; 入選 (nyūsen), 4th place, in the tachi and katana sectionTantō, 21.6 cm
2026Gendai TōshokutenKanzanshō, tantō and ken section; 努力賞 (Doryokushō), 5th place, in the tachi and katana sectionTantō, 25.6 cm; tachi, 75.9 cm

Protective swords

  • At the exhibition of お守り刀 (omamori-gatana, protective swords): third place and the prize of the Mayor of Setouchi at the 2nd (2007); second place for the blade and the prize of the Okayama Superintendent of Education at the 3rd (2008).
  • At the 16th (2023): third place for the blade, the prize of the Nagano Board of Education and a special prize from the Ambassador of Poland to Japan.

How to read it

Since 2019 he has won special prizes in both sections, tachi and katana and tantō and ken, and in some years he wins in both at once.