Sources

Sources

NBTHK

1. NBTHK Sword Journal no. 794, March 2023: the Nihon-ichi tantō
2. NBTHK Sword Journal no. 746, March 2019: tachi attributed to Norishige
3. NBTHK Sword Journal no. 767, December 2020: tachi attributed to Norishige

Museums and official databases

1. Bunka Isan Online: 短刀〈銘則重〉 (tantō mei Norishige), the Nihon-ichi
2. Bunka Isan Online: 短刀 銘則重 (tantō mei Norishige), Kyoto National Museum
3. Bunka Isan Online: 短刀 銘 越中御服住伯則重 (tantō mei Etchū Gofuku-jū Haku Norishige), Tokyo National Museum
4. ColBase: 短刀 銘則重 (tantō mei Norishige), Kyoto National Museum

Studies

1. Markus Sesko, Kantei 2: jigane/jihada 2

Encyclopaedias

1. Japanese Wikipedia: 則重 (Norishige)
2. Japanese Wikipedia: 正宗十哲 (Masamune jittetsu)
3. Japanese Wikipedia: 刀剣の業物一覧 (tōken no wazamono ichiran)
4. Kotobank: 則重 (Norishige), in the Nihon Jinmei Daijiten

Image credits

1. Tantō signed 則重 (Norishige), Kamakura period, 14th century. Kyoto National Museum. (kyoto-tanto.jpg)

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

2. The nakago of the same tantō, with the two-character signature at the bottom. (kyoto-tanto-nakago-1.jpg)

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

3. The nakago, from the other side. (kyoto-tanto-nakago-2.jpg)

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

4. Tachi by Norishige on display, according to the title of the photo. (tachi-vitrina.jpg)

   SLIMHANNYA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0.

5. The aikuchi mounting, in black lacquer with wisteria, of the Norishige tantō in the Tokyo National Museum; the blade is not visible. (tanto-koshirae-tnm.jpg)

   Tokyo National Museum, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Licence: CC BY 4.0.