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Competitions, lists and official bodies

Hyūga city: cultural property no. 9, “無形文化財工芸技術日本刀制作技術” (mukei bunkazai kōgei gijutsu nihontō seisaku gijutsu), designated on 8 September 2022
NBTHK, catalogue of the inaugural exhibition (新作名刀展, Shinsaku Meitōten, FY 2017, from 19 January to 25 March 2018)
NBTHK, 2019 results (『刀剣美術』, Tōken Bijutsu, no. 749)
NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2022
NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2023
NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2024
NBTHK, results of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2025
NBTHK, results of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2026
NBTHK, mukansa rules (無鑑査選任規程, mukansa sennin kitei, and 無鑑査選任基準, mukansa sennin kijun)
Zen Nihon Tōshōkai (全日本刀匠会), members of the Kyūshū section (with the old Hyūga address)
Zen Nihon Tōshōkai, 6th Omamori-gatana (2011)
Zen Nihon Tōshōkai, 7th Omamori-gatana (2012)
Zen Nihon Tōshōkai, 10th Omamori-gatana (2015)
Zen Nihon Tōshōkai, 11th Omamori-gatana (2016)
Zen Nihon Tōshōkai, 12th Omamori-gatana (2017)
Zen Nihon Tōshōkai, 14th Omamori-gatana (2019)

His books

『日本刀が斬れる理由、美しい理由』 (“Why the Japanese sword cuts and why it is beautiful”), BAB Japan, 2017, ISBN 978-4-8142-0084-9
Web Hiden (WEB秘伝), by BAB Japan: his profile and the page of his books
『“刀”を究めればわかる“武”の練り方』 (“What getting to the bottom of the sword teaches about budō”), BAB Japan, 2022: the cover also carries the title “戦う刀匠” (Tatakau tōshō, “The fighting swordsmith”)

Press, television, magazines and studies

Image credits

The tip of the 1999 katana (comercio-1999-chogi-kissaki.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
1999 katana in the manner of Chōgi: the signature 日州住人國正作之 (Nisshū jūnin Kunimasa kore o saku) and 平成十一年春 (Heisei jūichinen haru) (comercio-1999-chogi-nakago.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
2012 katana, 82.2 cm, on its stand (comercio-2012-82cm-entera.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The hamon of the 2012 katana (comercio-2012-82cm-hamon-1.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The tip of the 2012 katana (comercio-2012-82cm-kissaki-1.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The tang and signature of the 2012 katana (comercio-2012-82cm-nakago.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The 2012 katana with its koshirae, on the stand (comercio-2012-82cm-soporte.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
A katana attributed to Chōgi (長義), his model (commons-chogi-katana.jpg)
Author: SLIMHANNYA, on Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hinokage town hall (2023) (commons-hinokage-ayuntamiento.jpg)
Author: Sanjo, on Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
A mountain road in Makimine, in Hinokage (commons-hinokage-carretera-makimine.jpg)
Author: Sanjo, on Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
Hyūga, the town of his forge until 2023 (commons-hyuga-montaje.jpg)
Author: Sanjo, on Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY 3.0.
The 1812 drawing of the Kogarasu-maru (小烏丸, Kogarasu-maru), the model for that shape (commons-kogarasumaru-zu-1812.jpg)
Author: 伊勢貞丈 (Ise Sadatake), preface, on Wikimedia Commons. Licence: Public domain.
The Udo shrine (鵜戸神宮, Udo Jingū), beneath the rock (commons-udo-santuario.jpg)
Author: MaedaAkihiko, on Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.
His pupil 照人 (probable reading: Teruhito) (escuela-koyama-teruhito.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
His pupil 慶正 (Yoshimasa) (escuela-tomioka-yoshimasa.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
His pupil 内田義基 (probable reading: Uchida Yoshimoto) (escuela-uchida-yoshimoto.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
His Swedish pupil 鏡夜叉麿 (Kagami Yashamaro) (escuela-yukawa-yasha.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
Inside the Hyūga forge: the power hammer and the hearth (forja-hyuga-interior.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
2006 moroha-zukuri tantō (fotograma-2006-tanto-moroha-comercio-entero.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The hamon of the 2006 tantō, with the caption “互の目や小丁子が交じり” (gunome ya ko-chōji ga majiri, “a mix of gunome and ko-chōji”) (fotograma-2006-tanto-moroha-comercio-hamon.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
2008 katana, 日向國住国正作之 (Hyūga no Kuni-jū Kunimasa kore o saku), in two views (fotograma-2008-katana-comercio-entera.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The hamon of the 2008 katana (fotograma-2008-katana-comercio-hamon.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The point of the 2008 katana (fotograma-2008-katana-comercio-kissaki.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The hilt of the 2008 katana’s koshirae (fotograma-2008-katana-comercio-koshirae.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The signature of the 2008 katana (fotograma-2008-katana-comercio-nakago.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The date of the 2008 katana: 平成二十年春吉日 (Heisei nijūnen haru kichijitsu) (fotograma-2008-katana-comercio-ura.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
2010 hira-zukuri wakizashi (fotograma-2010-wakizashi-comercio-entero.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The hamon of the 2010 wakizashi (fotograma-2010-wakizashi-comercio-hamon.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The tang and signature of the 2010 wakizashi (fotograma-2010-wakizashi-comercio-nakago.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The label of his 2014 katana modelled on the 大和守安定 (Yamato-no-kami Yasusada) of the manga 『壬生義士伝』 (Mibu Gishiden) (fotograma-2014-yasusada-utsushi-ficha.jpg)
Author: N N (knob_N). Rights: © N N (knob_N).
Bamboo cut in Taipei (2016); the blade is not identified (fotograma-2016-taiwan-bambu.jpg)
Author: 台大居合道社 (Taidai iaidō-sha), the iai club of National Taiwan University. Rights: © 台大居合道社 (Taidai iaidō-sha).
The label “チェコ国プラハからの注文品脇差” (Cheko-koku Puraha kara no chūmonhin, wakizashi: “wakizashi commissioned from Prague”) (fotograma-2021-expo-hyuga-encargo-praga-ficha.jpg)
Author: 若杉広美 (probable reading: Wakasugi Hiromi). Rights: © 若杉広美 (probable reading: Wakasugi Hiromi).
A blade from the 2021 exhibition, with the caption “2014年に日本美術刀剣保存協会無鑑査認定” (nisen-jūyon-nen ni Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai mukansa nintei; according to the caption, recognised as mukansa by the NBTHK in 2014) (fotograma-2021-expo-hyuga-hoja.jpg)
Author: ひなた文化散歩 (Hinata bunka sanpo), Miyazaki Prefecture. Rights: © Miyazaki Prefecture.
The 2021 label: utsushi of the “号からかしわ” (gō Karakashiwa) in 皆焼 (hitatsura), a mukansa work of 平成31年 (Heisei 31, 2019) (fotograma-2021-expo-hyuga-karakashiwa-ficha.jpg)
Author: 若杉広美 (probable reading: Wakasugi Hiromi). Rights: © 若杉広美 (probable reading: Wakasugi Hiromi).
A blade exhibited in Hyūga in 2021, with a subtitled sentence of his (fotograma-2021-kunimasa-retrato-expo.jpg)
Author: ひなた文化散歩 (Hinata bunka sanpo), Miyazaki Prefecture. Rights: © Miyazaki Prefecture.
He receives the title of Miyazaki intangible cultural property (2022), in the 2024 report (fotograma-2022-bien-cultural-ceremonia.jpg)
Still: news bulletin from a Miyazaki television station (2024). Rights: © the broadcaster that aired it.
He cuts bamboo in front of the Hyūga forge, on his channel (2022) (fotograma-2022-corte-bambu-canal.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
Kagemasa forges in Hyūga, on his channel (2022) (fotograma-2022-forja-hyuga-canal.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The NBTHK information sheet for his 2022 tachi: 78.8 cm, 日向國住景正作之 (Hyūga no Kuni-jū Kagemasa kore o saku) (fotograma-2022-tachi-mukansa-ficha.jpg)
Author: 永野照男 (probable reading: Nagano Teruo). Rights: © 永野照男 (probable reading: Nagano Teruo).
The caption with the date of the fire, “2023年10月18日” (nisen-nijūsan-nen jūgatsu jūhachi-nichi, 18 October 2023), in the talk with Aoki (fotograma-2023-incendio-fecha-aoki.jpg)
Author: Hiroyuki Aoki Channel (青木宏之, Aoki Hiroyuki). Rights: © Hiroyuki Aoki Channel.
The NBTHK information sheet for his 2023 katana: 71.6 cm, 日向國住景正作之 (Hyūga no Kuni-jū Kagemasa kore o saku) (fotograma-2023-katana-mukansa-ficha.jpg)
Author: 迫田貫路 (probable reading: Sakoda Kanji). Rights: © 迫田貫路 (probable reading: Sakoda Kanji).
Kagemasa in his field, with the caption “松葉景正（刀鍛冶）” (Matsuba Kagemasa, katanakaji) (2024) (fotograma-2024-aoki-retrato-campo.jpg)
Author: Hiroyuki Aoki Channel (青木宏之, Aoki Hiroyuki). Rights: © Hiroyuki Aoki Channel.
The apprentice: “賞を取っていけるような刀が作れたら” (shō o totte ikeru yō na katana ga tsukuretara, “if only I could make swords that win prizes”) (fotograma-2024-maestro-y-aprendiz-2.jpg)
Still: news bulletin from a Miyazaki television station (2024). Rights: © the broadcaster that aired it.
Kagemasa and his apprentice at work in the temporary workshop (fotograma-2024-maestro-y-aprendiz.jpg)
Still: news bulletin from a Miyazaki television station (2024). Rights: © the broadcaster that aired it.
A red-hot bar on the charcoal: the sunobe the apprentice is preparing for her examination (fotograma-2024-morimoto-sunobe.jpg)
Still: news bulletin from a Miyazaki television station (2024). Rights: © the broadcaster that aired it.
Kagemasa points at the mountains from the site of the new forge (fotograma-2024-solar-hinokage-2.jpg)
Still: news bulletin from a Miyazaki television station (2024). Rights: © the broadcaster that aired it.
Kagemasa in the temporary workshop: “小さな工房ですね” (chiisana kōbō desu ne, “a small workshop, isn’t it?”) (fotograma-2024-taller-provisional-2.jpg)
Still: news bulletin from a Miyazaki television station (2024). Rights: © the broadcaster that aired it.
The “Anumaru”, a blade for meditation, with a makie butterfly on the mounting, according to a dealer (galeria-anumaru-makie.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
A double habaki (galeria-habaki-doble.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
Hamon and steel grain of a blade (galeria-hamon-hada-1.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
An engraving of Fudō Myōō on a blade (galeria-horimono-fudo.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
Kagemasa forges amid sparks (galeria-kagemasa-forja-chispas.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
The point and bōshi of a blade (galeria-kissaki-boshi.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
Kunimasa in a formal kimono beside his exhibited tachi (galeria-kunimasa-mukansa-exposicion.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
Kunimasa with a prize diploma and a cup (galeria-kunimasa-premio-diploma.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
A daishō and a tantō with their green mountings (galeria-obra-daisho-tanto-koshirae.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
A gunome-chōji katana in three views (galeria-obra-katana-gunome-choji-3vistas.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
A hitatsura katana (galeria-obra-katana-hitatsura.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
A shinogi-zukuri katana (galeria-obra-katana-shinogi-2.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
A kogarasu-zukuri blade (galeria-obra-kogarasu.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
A blade that a dealer presents as a Masamune utsushi, with koshirae and sayagaki (galeria-obra-masamune-utsushi-rankaku.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
An osoraku-zukuri tantō and its koshirae (galeria-obra-osoraku-tanto.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
A wakizashi with two grooves and its koshirae (galeria-obra-wakizashi-futasujibi-koshirae.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
A wakizashi with an engraved dragon (galeria-obra-wakizashi-horimono-ryu.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
The soejō he wrote in 2025 for the 2023 katana: he describes it as made in the manner of the 唐柏 (Karakashiwa) (galeria-soejo-2023-karakashiwa.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
The entrance of the new forge, with the Japanese flag (hinokage-forja-exterior-entrada.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
The roofs of the new forge, among mountains (hinokage-forja-exterior-tejado.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
The hearth of the new forge, lit (hinokage-forja-fragua.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
Kagemasa behind the lit hearth of the new forge (hinokage-forja-kagemasa-fragua-2.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
Kagemasa stokes the charcoal in the hearth of the new forge (hinokage-forja-kagemasa-fragua.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
Kagemasa works on a blade seated at the anvil, in the new forge (hinokage-forja-kagemasa-hoja.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
Kagemasa takes out a red-hot blade beside the power hammer, in the new forge (hinokage-forja-kagemasa-martillo.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
The Shintō altar (kamidana) of the new forge (hinokage-forja-kamidana.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
The sign of the new forge: “日州大日止鍛刀場” (Nisshū Ōhito tantōjō) (hinokage-forja-letrero-ohito.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
The tongs of the new forge, on their rack (hinokage-forja-tenazas.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
An anvil of the new forge (hinokage-forja-yunque.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
Mountains and mist near the new forge (hinokage-paisaje-niebla.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
The Iwaigawa shrine, next to the new forge according to a dealer (hinokage-santuario-iwaigawa.jpg)
Photo: dealer outside Japan.
The image of his 2024 New Year greeting, after the fire: a sunrise (incendio-2024-saludo-amanecer.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
Kagemasa with a cat in his arms (kagemasa-retrato-gato.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
Kagemasa examines a blade in his forge, with a cloth on his head (kagemasa-revisa-hoja-forja.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The 2002 katana for use and cut bamboo, on a collectors’ forum (katana-2002-uso-bambu.jpg)
Photo: a collector.
The blade of the 2002 katana for use (katana-2002-uso-hoja.jpg)
Photo: a collector.
The 2002 katana for use with its koshirae, among others (katana-2002-uso-koshirae.jpg)
Photo: a collector.
The 2013 katana sold by a dealer, 72.8 cm, both sides (katana-2013-comercio-hoja-dos-caras.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The Musashi-style koshirae for use of the 2013 katana (katana-2013-comercio-koshirae-musashi.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
Kunimasa performing an aikidō technique (kunimasa-aikido-1.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
A talk at a high school’s 立志式 (risshi-shiki) ceremony (kunimasa-charla-instituto.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
Kunimasa cuts bamboo in a gym (kunimasa-corte-bambu-dojo.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
Kunimasa forges amid sparks (around 2012) (kunimasa-forja-chispas-comercio.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
Portrait of Kunimasa with a blade held up, in blue samue (kunimasa-retrato-hoja-azul.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
Kunimasa with the hammer at the forge, in a white samue (kunimasa-retrato-martillo.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The cover of 『日本刀が斬れる理由、美しい理由』 (Nihontō ga kireru riyū, utsukushii riyū, 2017) (libro-2017-portada.jpg)
Photo: dealer in Japan.
The cover of his 2022 book, which carries both titles: “戦う刀匠” (Tatakau tōshō) and 『刀を究めればわかる武の練り方』 (“what getting to the bottom of the sword teaches about budō”) (libro-2022-tatakau-tosho.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
2008 tachi, 96.3 cm (会長賞, Kaichōshō, according to him) (obra-2008-tachi-kaicho-entero.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The tang of the 2008 tachi, with its signature (obra-2008-tachi-kaicho-nakago.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The point of the 2008 tachi (obra-2008-tachi-kaicho-punta.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
2009 tachi, 82.6 cm (寒山賞, Kanzanshō, according to him) (obra-2009-tachi-kanzan-entero.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The tang of the 2009 tachi, with its signature (obra-2009-tachi-kanzan-nakago.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The point of the 2009 tachi (obra-2009-tachi-kanzan-punta.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
108.1 cm tachi (2010, according to him) (obra-2010-tachi-108cm-entero.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
91.0 cm tachi (2010, according to him) (obra-2010-tachi-91cm-entero.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
2016 shōbu-zukuri blade with meteoric iron, according to him (obra-2016-inseki-shobu-entero.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The tang of the 2016 meteoric-iron blade (obra-2016-inseki-shobu-nakago.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
2017 katana in hitatsura, in the manner of the 唐柏 (Karakashiwa) according to him (obra-2017-karakashiwa-entero.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The tang of the 2017 hitatsura katana (obra-2017-karakashiwa-nakago.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The point of the 2017 hitatsura katana (obra-2017-karakashiwa-punta.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
2020 tachi, 80.0 cm, second version of the 唐柏 (Karakashiwa) according to him (obra-2020-karakashiwa-tachi-entero.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The tang of the 2020 tachi (obra-2020-karakashiwa-tachi-nakago.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The point of the 2020 tachi (obra-2020-karakashiwa-tachi-punta.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
2020 katana, 73.7 cm, with shallow curvature (wazori), according to him (obra-2020-katana-wazori-entero.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The tang of the 2020 katana: 日州國正作 (Nisshū Kunimasa saku) (obra-2020-katana-wazori-nakago.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The point of the 2020 katana (obra-2020-katana-wazori-punta.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
A tantō from his gallery of works (obra-tanto-web.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The cover of Hiden, August 2021 (prensa-2021-hiden-portada.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
His feature in Hiden, August 2021 (prensa-2021-hiden-reportaje.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
The poster for his exhibition at the Udo shrine (5–20 August 2023) (udo-2023-cartel.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
A montage of his: with the Udo ōdachi and in the forge (udo-2023-odachi-forja.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
Poster of the video “青木宏之 (Aoki Hiroyuki) vs 松葉景正 (Matsuba Kagemasa), 一夜限りの幻の対談 (ichiya kagiri no maboroshi no taidan; a one-off talk)” (video-1WOEcm2iIGk.jpg)
Video still, © Hiroyuki Aoki Channel.
Poster of the video “刀匠松葉国正刀剣展 (Tōshō Matsuba Kunimasa tōkenten)” (video-1YOeqa0wzD4.jpg)
Video still, © 若杉広美 (probable reading: Wakasugi Hiromi).
Poster of the video “「国民文化祭」刀匠松葉國正刀剣展「刀剣トークショー！」 (Kokumin Bunkasai, Tōshō Matsuba Kunimasa tōkenten, tōken tōku shō; National cultural festival: the exhibition talk)” (video-1fnljSQIrfY.jpg)
Video still, © 日向市文化交流センター (Hyūga-shi Bunka Kōryū Sentā).
Poster of the video of the talk at the Dobrá Čajovna (20 January 2017) (video-377ps71uqxk.jpg)
Video still, © Kolibrik Films.
Poster of the video “刀匠 (tōshō) 松葉景正さん作の日本刀展示会 (Matsuba Kagemasa-san saku no nihontō tenjikai), 鵜戸神宮で20日まで開催 (Udo Jingū de hatsuka made kaisai; swords by the swordsmith Matsuba Kagemasa at the Udo shrine, until the 20th)” (video-3C1rQC1MAdo.jpg)
Video still, © MRT 宮崎放送 (Miyazaki Hōsō).
Poster of the video “刀匠松葉國正 (tōshō Matsuba Kunimasa), “復刻神楽太刀” (fukkoku kagura-tachi) 奉納 (hōnō), 入魂祭 (nyūkonsai; offering of the restored kagura-tachi), 29 September 2011” (video-66cglUivwC8.jpg)
Video still, © iaimania.
Poster of the video “にっぽん真発見 (Nippon shin-hakken; rediscovering Japan): 宮崎県 (Miyazaki-ken)” (video-A-1RPniU5c4.jpg)
Video still, © BSテレ東 (Tere-Tō), BS TV Tokyo.
Poster of the video “どき生百景 (probable reading: Dokiiki hyakkei) vol. 61, スウェーデン生まれの刀匠 (Suwēden umare no tōshō; the Swedish-born swordsmith), 防府市 (Hōfu-shi)” (video-NraHkKEB4bk.jpg)
Video still, © yabチャンネル (yab channeru).
Poster of the video “刀匠松葉國正刀剣展 (Tōshō Matsuba Kunimasa tōkenten; Sword exhibition of the swordsmith Matsuba Kunimasa)” (video-OeCIEJMWw8c.jpg)
Video still, © ひなた文化散歩 (Hinata bunka sanpo), Miyazaki Prefecture.
Poster of the video “日本刀 (Nihontō) 現代刀展 (gendaitōten) 作刀の部 (sakutō no bu) + 10, 刀剣博物館 (Tōken Hakubutsukan)” (video-PmV6BwSazto.jpg)
Video still, © 迫田貫路 (probable reading: Sakoda Kanji).
Poster of the video “松葉國正 (Matsuba Kunimasa), 剣と合氣道入門 (ken to aikidō nyūmon; sword and aikidō, an introduction), SPD-7513” (video-Rq2jH6-c83c.jpg)
Video still, © questchannel.
Poster of the video “大和守安定 (Yamato-no-kami Yasusada), 壬生義士伝 (Mibu Gishiden) 作中之刀倣 (sakuchū no katana narau), 日州住 (Nisshū-jū) 國正作 (Kunimasa saku)” (video-__Sc1mXhyQ8.jpg)
Video still, © N N (knob_N).
Poster of the video “松葉國正老師示範斬竹子 (Matsuba Kunimasa rōshi shihan zan chikushi; master Matsuba Kunimasa gives a bamboo-cutting demonstration), 16 October 2016” (video-al6gRe816iU.jpg)
Video still, © 台大居合道社 (Taidai iaidō-sha).
Poster of the video “松葉國正 (Matsuba Kunimasa), 剣と合気道 (ken to aikidō) 2, 大周天杖術 (daishūten jōjutsu), 陰陽合気道鍛錬法 (in'yō aikidō tanrenhō), SPD-7530” (video-fEZbZrgNs2U.jpg)
Video still, © questchannel.
Poster of the video “Tameshigiri avec Kunimasa Matsuba / Sarrebruck 2019” (video-luIItr3mmb0.jpg)
Video still, © Aikido Nancy SC - Le PUNCH.
Poster of the video “日本刀について大いに語る (Nihontō ni tsuite ōi ni kataru; talking at length about the Japanese sword): 青木宏之 (Aoki Hiroyuki) vs 松葉景正 (Matsuba Kagemasa)” (video-qLVLDoFLr3Q.jpg)
Video still, © Hiroyuki Aoki Channel.
Poster of the video “2022年度現代刀職展 (nisen-nijūni-nendo Gendai Tōshokuten), 今に伝わるいにしえの技 (ima ni tsutawaru inishie no waza; the ancient technique handed down to today), 最終日に行って来ました (saishūbi ni itte kimashita; I went on the last day)” (video-rscW_RWMYNA.jpg)
Video still, © 永野照男 (probable reading: Nagano Teruo).
Poster of the video “日本刀 (Nihontō), 令和五年度現代刀職展 (Reiwa gonendo Gendai Tōshokuten) 2, 作刀無鑑査 (sakutō mukansa)” (video-xewDRavskDg.jpg)
Video still, © 迫田貫路 (probable reading: Sakoda Kanji).
The forge’s charcoal (web-carbon.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
Sparks at the hearth of the Hyūga forge (web-forja-hyuga-chispas.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
Kagemasa in the Hyūga forge, in the half-light (web-forja-hyuga-fragua-2.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
Kagemasa at work in the Hyūga forge (web-forja-hyuga-fragua-3.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
Kagemasa at the hearth of the Hyūga forge (web-forja-hyuga-fragua.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
Kagemasa works on a blade, in black and white (web-forja-hyuga-limado-bn.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.
Three of his blades, in a montage of his own (web-obras-portada-tres-hojas.jpg)
Photo: the smith himself.