Reports and forging

Videos

Seven videos in which he appears: reports by Nara prefecture and the press, the pieces of a photographer who has followed him for years and a forging session at his workshop.

Play: Origin, my roots, Nara: no. 22, Kawachi Kunihira, swordsmith (『Origin 私の原点、奈良』, Origin watashi no genten, Nara)

Origin, my roots, Nara: no. 22, Kawachi Kunihira, swordsmith (『Origin 私の原点、奈良』, Origin watashi no genten, Nara) · 奈良県公式総合チャンネル (Nara-ken kōshiki sōgō channeru, official channel of Nara prefecture)

13:00 · 14 February 2026

An interview by Nara prefecture, according to the title.

Play: Swords: Kawachi Kunihira (刀剣 河内國平氏, Tōken, Kawachi Kunihira-shi)

Swords: Kawachi Kunihira (刀剣 河内國平氏, Tōken, Kawachi Kunihira-shi) · 奈良新聞 (Nara Shinbun)

5:21 · 15 March 2024

A report by the Nara Shinbun newspaper; its description goes over his training with Miyairi and Sumitani and the Masamune Prize.

Play: The work of the swordsmith Kawachi Kunihira (河内國平刀匠の仕事, Kawachi Kunihira tōshō no shigoto)

The work of the swordsmith Kawachi Kunihira (河内國平刀匠の仕事, Kawachi Kunihira tōshō no shigoto) · m2photoMovie

2:26 · 22 March 2022

By a photographer who has followed him for twenty-five years, according to the description.

Play: What the Ishikirimaru teaches, told by Kawachi Kunihira (刀剣魅力 石切丸から学ぶ, Tōken miryoku, Ishikirimaru kara manabu)

What the Ishikirimaru teaches, told by Kawachi Kunihira (刀剣魅力 石切丸から学ぶ, Tōken miryoku, Ishikirimaru kara manabu) · m2photoMovie

4:53 · 17 January 2021

He comments on the sword 石切丸 (Ishikirimaru), according to the title.

Play: Public forging by Kawachi Kunihira with water from the Amakuni well (河内國平刀匠の人生最後の公開鍛錬, Kawachi Kunihira tōshō no jinsei saigo no kōkai tanren)

Public forging by Kawachi Kunihira with water from the Amakuni well (河内國平刀匠の人生最後の公開鍛錬, Kawachi Kunihira tōshō no jinsei saigo no kōkai tanren) · m2photoMovie

6:24 · 23 March 2022

The title calls it his last public forging; we have not checked this.

Play: Bringing people together and weaving the genuine: the swordsmith Kawachi Kunihira (本物プロジェクト, Honmono purojekuto, “The Genuine project”)

Bringing people together and weaving the genuine: the swordsmith Kawachi Kunihira (本物プロジェクト, Honmono purojekuto, “The Genuine project”) · MEDISOL_CHANNEL

6:39 · 5 October 2015

A company’s report featuring the smith, according to the title.

Play: Forging a Japanese sword at the Kunihira forge (日本刀鍛錬 國平鍛刀場, Nihontō tanren Kunihira tantōjō)

Forging a Japanese sword at the Kunihira forge (日本刀鍛錬 國平鍛刀場, Nihontō tanren Kunihira tantōjō) · ototama itti

4:29 · 20 July 2019

Forging with his assistants in the workshop; the description presents him as an intangible cultural property of Nara.