The point of a polished blade seen from both sides on a black background, with the temper line in white waves.

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Ten years of competition · mukansa

Prizes

His prizes in the NBTHK competition for new work (新作刀展覧会, Shinsakutō tenrankai), as given in his profile in the Gifu branch, with the issue of 『刀剣美術』 (Tōken Bijutsu) in which each one appeared.

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  1. Year by year
  2. Other recognition

Year by year

YearCompetitionPrizeWork
1996新作刀展覧会 (Shinsakutō tenrankai)優秀賞 (Yūshūshō)Not recorded
1997Shinsakutō tenrankai高松宮賞 (Takamatsu-no-miya-shō)Not recorded
1998Shinsakutō tenrankai薫山賞 (Kunzanshō)Not recorded
1999Shinsakutō tenrankai名誉会長賞 (Meiyo Kaichōshō), NBTHK honorary president’s prizeNot recorded
2000Shinsakutō tenrankai優秀賞 (Yūshūshō)Not recorded
2001Shinsakutō tenrankai薫山賞 (Kunzanshō)Not recorded
2002Shinsakutō tenrankai薫山賞 (Kunzanshō)Not recorded
2003Shinsakutō tenrankai薫山賞 (Kunzanshō)Not recorded
2004Shinsakutō tenrankai薫山賞 (Kunzanshō)Not recorded
2005Shinsakutō tenrankai寒山賞 (Kanzanshō)Not recorded
2006NBTHKRank of mukansa; from 2007 to 2010 he remains on the list as mukansa—

Other recognition

  • Between 2000 and 2001, the same profile lists a distinction from the Minister of Education as a person of merit in the protection of cultural heritage (文化財保護功労者, bunkazai hogo kōrōsha), without the exact year.
  • In 1997, the year of his Takamatsu-no-miya prize, his son also won a special prize.