A young Westerner with a patterned headscarf and blue samue smiles beside a hearth with flames; large captions in Japanese.

Still from the video, © 広島ホームテレビ (Hiroshima Hōmu Terebi) · © 広島ホームテレビ (Hiroshima Hōmu Terebi)

Setouchi and Hiroshima

Videos

Three third-party videos: the two by the city of Setouchi on the reproduction of the Daihannya Nagamitsu and a report by Hiroshima television on his Swiss apprentice. They play from YouTube when clicked.

Play: 国宝「大般若長光の再現」 (Kokuhō Daihannya Nagamitsu no saigen: the reproduction of the National Treasure Daihannya Nagamitsu) PR動画 (dōga, promotional video) VOL.1

国宝「大般若長光の再現」 (Kokuhō Daihannya Nagamitsu no saigen: the reproduction of the National Treasure Daihannya Nagamitsu) PR動画 (dōga, promotional video) VOL.1 · 瀬戸内市公式チャンネル (Setouchi-shi kōshiki channeru)

4:25 · 24 February 2021

Presentation of the city of Setouchi’s project to reproduce the Daihannya Nagamitsu; Kubo is seen forging.

Play: 国宝「大般若長光の再現」 (Kokuhō Daihannya Nagamitsu no saigen: the reproduction of the National Treasure Daihannya Nagamitsu) PR動画 (dōga, promotional video) VOL.2

国宝「大般若長光の再現」 (Kokuhō Daihannya Nagamitsu no saigen: the reproduction of the National Treasure Daihannya Nagamitsu) PR動画 (dōga, promotional video) VOL.2 · 瀬戸内市公式チャンネル (Setouchi-shi kōshiki channeru)

4:45 · 1 March 2021

The forging and the tsuchioki (土置き) of the blade. The video’s description does not name the swordsmith.

Play: 【日本刀に魅せられて…】永住を決心 スイス人刀鍛冶の挑戦 (Nihontō ni miserarete… eijū o kesshin, suisujin katanakaji no chōsen: captivated by the Japanese sword, a Swiss swordsmith decides to stay)

【日本刀に魅せられて…】永住を決心 スイス人刀鍛冶の挑戦 (Nihontō ni miserarete… eijū o kesshin, suisujin katanakaji no chōsen: captivated by the Japanese sword, a Swiss swordsmith decides to stay) · 広島ホームテレビ (Hiroshima Hōmu Terebi)

8:20 · 28 February 2024

A report on a Swiss apprentice in Shōbara; Kubo’s forge appears.