His tantō, one by one
| Work | Designation | Where it is | Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tantō 銘光包 (mei Mitsukane) | Important Cultural Property (31 March 1953) | Tokyo National Museum; 24.5 cm | From the Echizen-Matsudaira |
| Tantō 銘光包 (mei Mitsukane) | Important Cultural Property (14 November 1953) | Fukuyama Museum of Art; 26.4 cm | From the Date of Sendai, according to Sesko; in suguha |
| Midare Mitsukane (乱光包, Midare Mitsukane) | Meibutsu; Sesko gives it as an Important Cultural Property, but it is not in the official database consulted | NBTHK, Japanese Sword Museum, Tokyo; 29.2 cm | From his Osafune phase |
| Kuwayama Mitsukane (桑山光包, Kuwayama Mitsukane) | Tokubetsu Jūyō; meibutsu | Whereabouts unknown in the sources consulted; 27.1 cm | Unsigned |
The Midare Mitsukane
According to Sesko: a hira-zukuri tantō with iori-mune, uchizori and sunnobi, 29.2 cm long, with a kasane of 0.7 cm and a motohaba of 2.5 cm. Dense ko-itame with chikei and plenty of ji-nie, somewhat nagare; a hamon of slanting gunome in ko-nie, with a wide nioiguchi, ashi and kinsuji; a midare bōshi that turns into notare-komi with a somewhat pointed, long ko-maru kaeri; katana-hi on both sides, and an ubu nakago with a large, fine two-character signature. Tanobe, cited by Sesko, notes a nie-utsuri.
The Kuwayama Mitsukane
It belonged to Kuwayama Iga-no-kami Motoharu (1563–1620), who according to the Kyōhō meibutsuchō obtained it from a man from Ōtsu and gave it to Tokugawa Iemitsu; Iemitsu gave it to Maeda Toshitsune, and it left the Maeda of Kaga after the war.
In the lists
- Kyōhō meibutsuchō (享保名物帳, Kyōhō meibutsuchō). Two tantō of his are meibutsu: the Midare Mitsukane and the Kuwayama Mitsukane.
- Designations. According to Sesko, five works of his are designated by the Agency for Cultural Affairs, all tantō and all Important Cultural Properties; seven tantō passed Jūyō and three of them reached Tokubetsu Jūyō.
- Wazamono. Mitsukane does not appear in Yamada Asaemon’s ranking of sharpness (業物, wazamono), according to the list in the Japanese Wikipedia.