Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 5 October 2026 and the credits of all the images.

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Sources

NBTHK

  1. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 782 (March 2022), Kantei-tō no. 4 (PDF)

Studies

  1. Markus Sesko, “Copies, homages and reinterpretations”
  2. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 1: Sugata #6”
  3. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 2: Jigane & Jihada #3”
  4. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 3: Hamon & Bōshi”
  5. Japanese Sword Index: Tomita Kiyama’s list of shintō smiths (1933), translated by Jinsoo Kim
  6. Toryu-Mon, “Mito Swordsmiths”

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias

  1. 固山宗次 (Koyama Munetsugu), Japanese Wikipedia
  2. 日本刀 (Nihontō), Japanese Wikipedia
  3. 日本の刀工一覧 (Nihon no tōkō ichiran), Japanese Wikipedia
  4. 源清麿 (Minamoto Kiyomaro), Japanese Wikipedia

Image credits

  1. Wakizashi signed 固山宗兵衛宗次 (Koyama Sōbei Munetsugu), of 1845 (Kōka 2), with the engraving by Shōji Zenbei Nobutatsu, at an exhibition (wakizashi-1845.jpg)

    SLIMHANNYA, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  2. The tang of the 1845 wakizashi, with Munetsugu’s signature and the engraver’s (wakizashi-1845-nakago.jpg)

    SLIMHANNYA, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  3. The engraving of the 1845 wakizashi, the work of Shōji Zenbei Nobutatsu (wakizashi-1845-horimono.jpg)

    SLIMHANNYA, via Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0.
  4. Katana by Munetsugu of 1856 (Ansei 3): the blade on both sides and the point (katana-1856.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.