Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, grouped by type. Only the sources that do not sell swords are linked; the others served to check facts, but they are neither cited nor linked.

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Sources

NBTHK: Sword Journal

  1. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 701 (June 2015): kantei of the 1642 katana
  2. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 730 (November 2017): the first Kunisuke
  3. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 745 (February 2019)
  4. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 746 (March 2019)
  5. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 772 (May 2021): the 1642 katana, an Important Art Object
  6. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 822 (July 2025): Kunisada and Kunisuke
  7. Japanese Sword Museum: catalogue of the exhibition of Important Art Objects (2026)

Museums and official databases

  1. ColBase: tantō signed 河内守国助 (Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke), Tokyo National Museum, F-17306
  2. ColBase: jūmonji-yari signed 河内守国助 (Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke), Tokyo National Museum, F-20060
  3. ColBase: wakizashi signed 河内守国助 (Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke), Kyoto National Museum
  4. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: katana blade attributed to Kunisuke (17.212.3)

Encyclopaedias and dictionaries

  1. 国助 (Kunisuke), Nihon Jinmei Daijiten+Plus, on Kotobank
  2. 河内守国助 (Kawachi no Kami Kunisuke), Japanese Wikipedia
  3. 刀剣の業物一覧 (tōken no wazamono ichiran), Japanese Wikipedia
  4. List of Wazamono, English Wikipedia

Researchers

  1. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 3: Hamon & Bōshi”
  2. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 1 – Sugata 6”