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NBTHK and Zen Nihon Tōshōkai

Prizes

Three special prizes in the NBTHK competition, in 2019, 2023 and 2025, and a prize almost every year since 2017.

On this page
  1. Prizes
  2. His record, on the official cards
  3. Prizes in pictures

Prizes

YearCompetitionPrizeWorkLevel
2006NBTHK, new work努力賞 (Doryokushō) and 新人賞 (Shinjinshō)—AT
2011NBTHK, new work努力賞 (Doryokushō)—AT
2012NBTHK, new work優秀賞 (Yūshūshō)—AT
FY 2017 (exhibited in 2018)NBTHK, 新作名刀展 (Shinsaku Meitōten)優秀賞四席 (Yūshūshō yonseki)Tachi of 77.9 cmHD
2018NBTHK, 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)努力賞二席 (Doryokushō niseki)Tachi of 78.4 cmHD
2019NBTHK, 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)寒山賞 (Kanzanshō)Tachi of 79.1 cmHD
2019NBTHK, 平成の名刀・名工展 (Heisei no Meitō Meikōten)Work exhibitedTachi of 2011, 78.3 cmHD
2021NBTHK, 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)優秀賞四席 (Yūshūshō yonseki)Tachi of 72.3 cmHD
2022NBTHK, 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)優秀賞四席 (Yūshūshō yonseki)Tachi of 74.0 cmHD
2023NBTHK, 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)薫山賞 (Kunzanshō)Tachi of 76.2 cmHD
2024NBTHK, 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)Not in the catalogue—HD
2025NBTHK, 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)寒山賞 (Kanzanshō)Tachi of 72.4 cmHD
2026NBTHK, 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten)優秀賞二席 (Yūshūshō niseki)Tachi of 77.3 cmHD
No dateNBTHK, 令和の名刀・名工展 (Reiwa no Meitō Meikōten)入選 (nyūsen, selected)—HD
2020Zen Nihon Tōshōkai, 14th omamori-gatana exhibition佳作 (kasaku, honourable mention)—HD

The prizes of 2006, 2011 and 2012 are reported by his family and a secondary source; the NBTHK lists for those years have not been consulted. Nor have those of 2020, which were not published.

His record, on the official cards

The cards of his tachi at the NBTHK exhibitions carry his prize record from fiscal year 2009 up to the year before the work:

  • 2025 card: one Kunzanshō, one Kanzanshō, four Yūshūshō and seven Doryokushō.
  • 2026 card: one Kunzanshō, two Kanzanshō, four Yūshūshō and six Doryokushō.

The two cards do not tally: the 2026 one adds the 2025 Kanzanshō, but gives one Doryokushō fewer than the 2025 one (six against seven). We do not know which of the two is right. His family reports “three special prizes, four Yūshūshō and seven Doryokushō”.