Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026. What is marked as attribution is asserted by a source, often the smith himself, and has not been checked separately; not all sources are cited here. Those without a link are cited without one.

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Sources

Public administrations and bodies

  1. Kita ward (Tokyo): traditional crafts profile “刀鍛冶 水木良光” (Katanakaji Mizuki Yoshimitsu)
  2. NBTHK: catalogue of the 新作名刀展 (Shinsaku Meitōten) exhibition of fiscal year 2017, from 19 January to 25 March 2018
  3. NBTHK: results of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) of 2025, forging section
  4. NBTHK: results of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) of 2026, forging section

Other sources, without a link

  1. Kita Association for the Preservation of Traditional Crafts (北区伝統工芸保存会, Kita-ku Dentō Kōgei Hozonkai): his member profile (updated on 28 May 2021)
  2. Press release from the publisher Hobby Japan of 6 July 2026 on Tōken Gahō’s introduction to the Japanese sword (刀剣画報, Tōken Gahō)

Image credits

  1. Mizuki Yoshimitsu forges a red-hot bar before the anvil. (forja-yunque.jpg)

    Kita ward (Tokyo), traditional crafts profile. © Kita ward, Tokyo.
  2. The tachi “Karura” (迦楼羅, Karura): the point, a stretch of the hamon and the signature 良光 (Yoshimitsu). (tachi-karura.jpg)

    Photo of the blade: 臼木良彦 (Usuki Yoshihiko), via the Kita Association for the Preservation of Traditional Crafts (北区伝統工芸保存会, Kita-ku Dentō Kōgei Hozonkai). © Usuki Yoshihiko.
  3. Metal pendants shaped like a nakago (茎, nakago), with engraved motifs. (colgantes-nakago.jpg)

    Photo: Kita Association for the Preservation of Traditional Crafts (北区伝統工芸保存会, Kita-ku Dentō Kōgei Hozonkai). © Kita Association for the Preservation of Traditional Crafts (北区伝統工芸保存会, Kita-ku Dentō Kōgei Hozonkai).
  4. Rings of forged steel with a layered pattern, “むすひのまもり” (Musuhi no mamori, “the amulet that binds”). (anillos-musuhi-no-mamori.jpg)

    Photo: Kita Association for the Preservation of Traditional Crafts (北区伝統工芸保存会, Kita-ku Dentō Kōgei Hozonkai). © Kita Association for the Preservation of Traditional Crafts (北区伝統工芸保存会, Kita-ku Dentō Kōgei Hozonkai).

Poster of the video

  1. Still from “刀鍛冶 水木良光” (Katanakaji Mizuki Yoshimitsu) (video-rYjq_DIJzKs.jpg)

    Kita ward (Tokyo), on YouTube.