Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, by type, with their links.

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Sources

Museums and official databases

  1. Bunka Isan Online: 脇差 銘典太作 (wakizashi mei Tenta saku), Kyūshū National Museum
  2. ColBase: 脇差 銘典太作 (wakizashi mei Tenta saku), Kyūshū National Museum, F102

Studies

  1. Markus Sesko, KANTEI 1 (Sugata 5)
  2. Markus Sesko, KANTEI 1 (Sugata 3)

Encyclopaedias

  1. Japanese Wikipedia: 光世 (Mitsuyo)
  2. Japanese Wikipedia: 大典太 (Ōdenta)
  3. Japanese Wikipedia: 妙純傳持ソハヤノツルキウツスナリ (Myōjun denji Sohaya no Tsurugi utsusu nari)
  4. Japanese Wikipedia: 天下五剣 (Tenka Goken)
  5. Japanese Wikipedia: 刀剣の業物一覧 (tōken no wazamono ichiran)
  6. English Wikipedia: Tenka-Goken
  7. Kotobank: 光世 (Mitsuyo), in the Daijisen, the Nihon Kokugo Daijiten and the Nihon Jinmei Daijiten

Image credits

  1. Wakizashi signed 典太作 (Tenta saku), Miike school, 15th century. Kyūshū National Museum. (wakizashi-tenta-1.jpg)

    Kyūshū National Museum, via ColBase. Licence: ColBase terms of use. Image reduced.
  2. The same wakizashi, from the other side. (wakizashi-tenta-2.jpg)

    Kyūshū National Museum, via ColBase. Licence: ColBase terms of use. Image reduced.