Sources

Sources

Interviews and press

1. DESIGN WEEK KYOTO: online dialogue no. 26 (2020), with its video

   No link.

2. City of Kameoka: “亀岡 職人の息遣い” (Kameoka shokunin no ikizukai), 2020 video

His master

1. Profile of Fujiyasu Masahira on this website

   Fujiyasu Masahira

Image credits

1. Masahiro with a blade, at the door of his workshop (portal-retrato-tachi.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

2. Forging a blade with the hammer (portal-forja-martillo.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

3. The entrance of the 将大鍛刀場 (Masahiro Tantōjō), in Kameoka (portal-fachada-taller.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

4. Inside the workshop: the power hammer and the hearth (portal-interior-taller.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

5. At the hearth (portal-fragua-chispas.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

6. A visit to the workshop (portal-visita-taller.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

7. A lump of tamahagane (玉鋼, tamahagane) (portal-tamahagane.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

8. Filing a blade (portal-lima-hoja.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

Video posters

1. Still from “亀岡 職人の息遣い (Kameoka shokunin no ikizukai; ‘the breath of the craftsmen of Kameoka’): 将大鍛刀場 (Masahiro Tantōjō)” (video-VdMtpaF_Q4s.jpg)

   City of Kameoka, official channel (京都・亀岡市, Kyōto Kameoka-shi), on YouTube.

2. Still from “将大鍛刀場 (Masahiro Tantōjō), Sword Forge” (video-TGC7ZmmKQ7c.jpg)

   GozDaz, on YouTube.

3. Still from “日本刀製作 (nihontō seisaku; ‘the making of the Japanese sword’), Online Kōbō no. 9” (video-D0zAl2ekuww.jpg)

   Goethe-Institut Villa Kamogawa, on YouTube.

4. Still from “刀に神を宿す刀鍛冶 (katana ni kami o yadosu katanakaji; ‘the swordsmith who puts a god into the sword’)” (video-H4QpvTYNJWM.jpg)

   Kyoto Chishin (京都知新, Kyōto chishin), on YouTube.