Kantei

Six Takamatsu prizes and mukansa

Prizes

From the effort prize at his first exhibition, in 1983, to mukansa in 2000 and the NBTHK second prize in 2019.

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Prizes and recognition

YearCompetitionPrizeWork
1983新作名刀展 (Shinsaku Meitōten), NBTHK努力賞 (Doryokushō), effort prize, at his first entry—
1990Shinsaku Meitōten寒山賞 (Kanzanshō)—
1991Shinsaku Meitōten毎日新聞社賞 (Mainichi Shinbunsha-shō)—
1993 and five more timesShinsaku Meitōten高松宮賞 (Takamatsu-no-miya-shō): six in all; only the year of the first is on record—
2000NBTHKMukansa (無鑑査, mukansa)—
2013Zen Nihon Tōshōkai omamori-gatana exhibition文部科学大臣賞 (Monbu Kagaku Daijin-shō), from the Minister of Education—
2019平成の名刀・名工展 (Heisei no Meitō Meikōten), NBTHK名工準大賞 (Meikō Jun-Taishō), second prizeTachi of 70.9 cm, from 2000
2021Omamori-gatana exhibition日立金属賞 (Hitachi Kinzoku-shō), Hitachi Metals prize—