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

Institutions

  1. Saitama prefecture, Honjō office: the Honjō Kodama (本庄児玉, Honjō Kodama) walk and the fifth Naohiro

NBTHK

  1. Catalogue of the Shinsaku Meitōten of the 2017 fiscal year (on display from 19 January to 25 March 2018)
  2. Results of the 2018 Gendai Tōshokuten (forging, engraving and fittings)

Studies

  1. Markus Sesko: the genealogy of the Naohiro, quoted but not seen in the original

    Yet to be checked.

Image credits

  1. Forging the tamahagane (玉鋼, tamahagane), during the visit of the Honjō Kodama walk (saitama-forja-tamahagane-1.jpg)

    Photo: Saitama prefecture. Rights: © Saitama Prefecture.
  2. With the red-hot steel, during the same visit (saitama-forja-tamahagane-2.jpg)

    Photo: Saitama prefecture. Rights: © Saitama Prefecture.
  3. Explaining how to look at a sword, in front of the blades on display (saitama-explica-apreciacion.jpg)

    Photo: Saitama prefecture. Rights: © Saitama Prefecture.
  4. The visitors look at the blades (saitama-visitantes-apreciacion.jpg)

    Photo: Saitama prefecture. Rights: © Saitama Prefecture.