Play: おおいた匠チャンネル 刀鍛冶 (Ōita takumi channeru: katanakaji; “the channel of Ōita’s craftsmen: the swordsmith”)
おおいた匠チャンネル 刀鍛冶 (Ōita takumi channeru: katanakaji; “the channel of Ōita’s craftsmen: the swordsmith”) · 大分合同新聞 (Ōita Gōdō Shinbun), oitatvcom, Ōita newspaper
3:21 · 25 August 2025
A report by the Ōita Gōdō newspaper: at 44, in his Ogi-machi forge, with his training in Seki and his forge since 2016.
Play: 「伝説の刀」復元 地元で奮闘する刀鍛冶の男性に密着 (Densetsu no katana fukugen, jimoto de funtō suru katanakaji no dansei ni micchaku; “the reconstruction of the legendary sword: with the swordsmith striving in his home region”)
「伝説の刀」復元 地元で奮闘する刀鍛冶の男性に密着 (Densetsu no katana fukugen, jimoto de funtō suru katanakaji no dansei ni micchaku; “the reconstruction of the legendary sword: with the swordsmith striving in his home region”) · TOSテレビ大分 ニュース【公式】 (TOS Terebi Ōita nyūsu, kōshiki), Ōita television
3:40 · 26 October 2023
A report by TOS television: the folding of the steel, the Hotarumaru project and what he thinks of the craft.
Play: 10月4日は「日本刀の日」 豊後刀の復興に取り組む 刀匠の平清明さん・房與さん (Jūgatsu yokka wa Nihontō no hi, Bungo-tō no fukkō ni torikumu tōshō no Taira Kiyoaki-san, Fusaoki-san; “4 October is Japanese Sword Day: the swordsmiths Kiyoaki and Fusaoki, who are working to revive the sword of Bungo”)
10月4日は「日本刀の日」 豊後刀の復興に取り組む 刀匠の平清明さん・房與さん (Jūgatsu yokka wa Nihontō no hi, Bungo-tō no fukkō ni torikumu tōshō no Taira Kiyoaki-san, Fusaoki-san; “4 October is Japanese Sword Day: the swordsmiths Kiyoaki and Fusaoki, who are working to revive the sword of Bungo”) · OBS News
1:02 · 4 October 2024
The visit of Taira Kiyoaki and himself to the governor of Ōita for Japanese Sword Day; the headline writes his name 房與 (Fusaoki).
Play: 竹田の刀匠に聞く日本刀の魅力！ 日本刀の鍛錬 3 (Taketa no tōshō ni kiku nihontō no miryoku, nihontō no tanren 3; “the forging of the Japanese sword, 3”)
竹田の刀匠に聞く日本刀の魅力！ 日本刀の鍛錬 3 (Taketa no tōshō ni kiku nihontō no miryoku, nihontō no tanren 3; “the forging of the Japanese sword, 3”) · オオイタカテテ (Ōita katete), web magazine of Ōita Prefecture
1:28 · 28 May 2021
The folding of the steel, seen close up, in his forge.
Play: 竹田の刀匠に聞く日本刀の魅力！ 日本刀の鍛錬 5 (Taketa no tōshō ni kiku nihontō no miryoku, nihontō no tanren 5; “the forging of the Japanese sword, 5”)
竹田の刀匠に聞く日本刀の魅力！ 日本刀の鍛錬 5 (Taketa no tōshō ni kiku nihontō no miryoku, nihontō no tanren 5; “the forging of the Japanese sword, 5”) · オオイタカテテ (Ōita katete), web magazine of Ōita Prefecture
1:47 · 28 May 2021
Another stretch of the forging, from the same series.
Play: 竹田の刀匠に聞く日本刀の魅力！ 日本刀の鍛錬 6 (Taketa no tōshō ni kiku nihontō no miryoku, nihontō no tanren 6; “the forging of the Japanese sword, 6”)
竹田の刀匠に聞く日本刀の魅力！ 日本刀の鍛錬 6 (Taketa no tōshō ni kiku nihontō no miryoku, nihontō no tanren 6; “the forging of the Japanese sword, 6”) · オオイタカテテ (Ōita katete), web magazine of Ōita Prefecture
1:48 · 28 May 2021
The last stretch of the forging series.