Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026. What is marked as attribution is stated by a source, often the smith himself, and has not been checked separately; not every source is cited here.

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Sources

NBTHK

  1. Catalogue of the Heisei no Meitō Meikōten (2019): his 2014 katana, special encouragement prize
  2. List of prizewinners of the Reiwa no Meitō Meikōten (2022)

Press and interviews

  1. Forbes JAPAN: profile of the swordsmith

    No link.
  2. HIGHFLYERS: interview by Tanaka Atsuko (2022)

    No link.
  3. Frag-Lab: interview no. 122 (2023)

    No link.

Image credits

  1. Kawasaki Akihira, in an interview with Forbes JAPAN (prensa-retrato.jpg)

    Photo: Forbes JAPAN. Rights: © Forbes JAPAN.
  2. At the hearth of his workshop (herrero-fragua.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  3. His Misato workshop at dusk (herrero-taller-anochecer.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  4. The bed of the hearth, with the embers (herrero-hogar-brasas.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  5. The fire of the hearth during forging (herrero-forja-fuego.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  6. The red-hot steel on the anvil (herrero-acero-candente.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  7. A short blade of his, signed 晶平之 (Akihira kore), with a notare hamon (herrero-hoja-soshu.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  8. A mounting with a purple cord-wrapped hilt and a black-lacquered scabbard (herrero-koshirae.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  9. The presentation of the guardian sword to the ambassador of Poland, in 2016 (herrero-entrega-polonia-2016.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.

Video posters

  1. Still from “刀匠 晶平 (tōshō Akihira)” (video-BpbtURQbb2M.jpg)

    Saitama prefecture, official channel (サイタマどうが, Saitama dōga), on YouTube.
  2. Still from “川﨑晶平さん (Kawasaki Akihira-san), 刀鍛冶 (katanakaji), part one” (video-2tnhWOo0Gvc.jpg)

    CREATIVE TRAIN, on YouTube.
  3. Still from “川﨑晶平さん (Kawasaki Akihira-san): ‘ある日、師匠からクビ宣告’ (aru hi, shishō kara kubi senkoku; ‘one day, my master threw me out’), part two” (video-00sAf5n_HKs.jpg)

    CREATIVE TRAIN, on YouTube.
  4. Still from “EDGE OF JAPAN, vol. 10: the swordsmith Kawasaki Akihira” (video-J-XyL1s2COE.jpg)

    EDGE OF JAPAN, on YouTube.
  5. Still from “ヱヴァの武器、刀匠が本気で再現 (Eva no buki, tōshō ga honki de saigen; ‘the weapons of Eva, seriously recreated by a swordsmith’)” (video-zR0Tw4-e754.jpg)

    The Asahi Shimbun Company, on YouTube.
  6. Still from “刀鍛冶 川﨑晶平氏から読者へのメッセージ (katanakaji Kawasaki Akihira-shi kara dokusha e no messēji; ‘a message to readers’)” (video-4BD_Be_ck10.jpg)

    日本私立大学連盟 (Nihon Shiritsu Daigaku Renmei), on YouTube.