Sources

Sources

NBTHK: catalogues and lists

1. NBTHK, catalogue of the 新作名刀展 (Shinsaku Meitōten) exhibition of fiscal year 2017
2. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2019
3. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2021
4. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2022
5. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2024
6. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2025
7. NBTHK, English catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2026
8. NBTHK, catalogue of 平成の名刀・名工展 (Heisei no Meitō Meikōten), 2019
9. NBTHK, results of the Heisei no Meitō Meikōten exhibition

Administration and references

1. Chiba City Hall: 日本刀の鍛錬 (Nihontō no tanren), intangible cultural property of the prefecture
2. Markus Sesko: Mukansa/Ningen-Kokuhō List

Consulted, without a link

1. Kyoto University of the Arts (京都芸術大学, Kyōto Geijutsu Daigaku): a student’s report on Matsuda Tsuguyasu
2. The magazine 理念と経営 (Rinen to Keiei), August 2025: feature on Matsuda Tsuguyasu
3. The magazine UK-JJ: interview of 2018
4. Meikōkai: interview of 2007
5. Matsuda Tsuguyasu, 『名刀に挑む』 (Meitō ni idomu), PHP 新書 (Shinsho), 2017: cited, not read

Videos

1. SEEDS Conference: “名刀とは何か” (Meitō to wa nani ka), 2014
2. BEYONDTheMovies1986: short film of his forge, 2013
3. 千葉県観光物産協会 (Chiba-ken Kankō Bussan Kyōkai): 『日本刀』 (Nihontō), 2016
4. TOKYO FM Podcasts: The Lifestyle MUSEUM, vol. 473, 2025

Image credits

1. Tachi of 1997, with a mounting of 1999: a replica of a blade of the late Heian period (tachi-1997.jpg)

   Rama, CC BY-SA 2.0 FR, via Wikimedia Commons.

2. Short film about his forge (2013) (video-LTR0BY8IOxA.jpg)

   Still: BEYONDTheMovies1986, on YouTube.

3. A tachi of his: the point, from both sides (tachi-kissaki.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

4. The same tachi: the temper line (tachi-hamon.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

5. The same tachi: the tang, with the engraved date (tachi-nakago.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.