Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026. What is marked as attribution is asserted by a source, often the smith himself, and has not been checked separately; not all sources are cited here. Those without a link are cited without one.

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Sources

The NBTHK

  1. NBTHK: list of prize-winners of the 令和の名刀・名工展 (Reiwa no Meitō Meikōten), 2022
  2. NBTHK: rules of the 令和の名刀・名工展 (Reiwa no Meitō Meikōten)
  3. NBTHK: results of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) of 2025, forging section
  4. NBTHK: results of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) of 2026, forging section

Public administrations, press and television

  1. Oita Katete (オオイタカテテ, Ōita katete), web magazine of Ōita Prefecture: “竹田の刀匠に聞く日本刀の魅力！” (Taketa no tōshō ni kiku nihontō no miryoku; “The charm of the Japanese sword, told by the swordsmith of Takeda”), 28 May 2021
  2. Ōita Prefecture: the governor’s note on the Japanese Sword Day visit, 4 October 2024
  3. TOS, Television Ōita: “「伝説の刀」復元” (Densetsu no katana fukugen; “the reconstruction of the legendary sword”), 26 October 2023, and its news item on the two swordsmiths of Ōita, 4 October 2024
  4. Takeda City Hall: its interview with the swordsmith
  5. Ōita branch of the NBTHK: the fire-lighting ceremony of Taira Kiyoaki’s forge, 9 January 2023
  6. A neighbourhood newsletter of Takada (Ōita), 14 December 2024: the January 2023 talk at the Ōita Prefectural History Museum

Image credits

  1. Kōroki Fusaoki beside the forge, in 2021. (retrato-fragua.jpg)

    Oita Katete (オオイタカテテ, Ōita katete), web magazine of Ōita Prefecture. © Ōita Prefecture.
  2. Forging under the power hammer: the cover of the 2021 report. (forja-portada.jpg)

    Oita Katete (オオイタカテテ, Ōita katete), web magazine of Ōita Prefecture. © Ōita Prefecture.
  3. With one of the ōdachi of the replica of the Hotarumaru (蛍丸, Hotarumaru). (odachi-hotarumaru.jpg)

    Oita Katete (オオイタカテテ, Ōita katete), web magazine of Ōita Prefecture. © Ōita Prefecture.
  4. His Takeda forge, with the altar at the back. (forja-altar.jpg)

    Oita Katete (オオイタカテテ, Ōita katete), web magazine of Ōita Prefecture. © Ōita Prefecture.
  5. Tamahagane (玉鋼, tamahagane), tatara steel. (tamahagane.jpg)

    Oita Katete (オオイタカテテ, Ōita katete), web magazine of Ōita Prefecture. © Ōita Prefecture.
  6. The stages of the forging, from raw steel to the blade. (fases-forja.jpg)

    Oita Katete (オオイタカテテ, Ōita katete), web magazine of Ōita Prefecture. © Ōita Prefecture.
  7. Under the power hammer. (martillo-pilon.jpg)

    Oita Katete (オオイタカテテ, Ōita katete), web magazine of Ōita Prefecture. © Ōita Prefecture.
  8. The folding of the steel. (plegado.jpg)

    Oita Katete (オオイタカテテ, Ōita katete), web magazine of Ōita Prefecture. © Ōita Prefecture.
  9. A ritual forging at night, before the public. (ritual-nocturno.jpg)

    Oita Katete (オオイタカテテ, Ōita katete), web magazine of Ōita Prefecture. © Ōita Prefecture.
  10. Three kitchen knives forged with the techniques of the sword. (cuchillos.jpg)

    Oita Katete (オオイタカテテ, Ōita katete), web magazine of Ōita Prefecture. © Ōita Prefecture.
  11. The entrance of his forge, with the shimenawa (注連縄, shimenawa). (comercio-entrada-forja.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  12. Forging in ceremonial dress, and two blades of his. (comercio-forja-y-hojas.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.

Video posters

  1. Still from the Ōita Gōdō newspaper report (video-rLCQq6pXiFY.jpg)

    Ōita Gōdō Shinbun, on YouTube.
  2. Still from the TOS report (video-7B1eCKtmItA.jpg)

    TOS, Television Ōita, on YouTube.
  3. Still from the OBS news item (video-oG2PIJTg5VE.jpg)

    OBS, on YouTube.
  4. Stills from the 2021 forging series (video-2B1puKHXTjs.jpg, video-8oUXGG5gazU.jpg, video-5nlipvZGuWE.jpg)

    Oita Katete, Ōita Prefecture, on YouTube.