Kantei
Detail of a signature engraved on a tang filed diagonally.

Photo: dealer in Japan

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026 and the credits for every image. Only sources that do not sell swords are linked; the others are cited by name or not named.

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Sources

NBTHK and administration

  1. NBTHK, Gifu branch: profile of Ogawa Kanekuni (伝統技能保持者紹介, dentō ginō hojisha shōkai)
  2. NBTHK, catalogue of the exhibition 平成の名刀・名工展 (Heisei no Meitō Meikōten), 2019
  3. Gifu Prefecture, 岐阜県公報 (Gifu-ken kōhō), special issue of 21 February 2023, notice no. 70
  4. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2021: he is not listed
  5. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2024: he is not listed
  6. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2025: he is not listed

Videos

  1. TV Aichi (テレビ愛知, Terebi Aichi), trailer of “Tōshō damashii, Tado” (2019)
  2. ハカハカ・コナスちゃん (Hakahaka Konasu-chan), interview at the Mugegawa exhibition (2023)

Image credits

  1. Katana signed 兼國 (Kanekuni), whole (katana-hoja-soporte.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  2. The same katana, the tang (katana-nakago-omote.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  3. The same katana, the signature (katana-mei-detalle.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  4. The same katana, the date (katana-nengo-detalle.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.
  5. Trailer of the TV Aichi documentary (2019) (video-h2zDJ88cIoI.jpg)

    Still from the video, © TV Aichi (テレビ愛知, Terebi Aichi).
  6. Title card of the interview at the Mugegawa exhibition (2023) (video-W56cB5A5Zpo.jpg)

    Still from the video, © ハカハカ・コナスちゃん (Hakahaka Konasu-chan).