An unmounted katana displayed on a white cloth, with captions in Japanese above and below.

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

Television and exhibitions

Videos

Two third-party videos: a documentary by Aichi television on the forging of an offering tachi and an interview at a swordsmiths’ exhibition. They play from YouTube when clicked.

Play: 刀匠魂 多度 鍛冶神に捧げる太刀 (Tōshō damashii, Tado: kajigami ni sasageru tachi; The soul of the swordsmith. Tado: a tachi for the god of smiths)

刀匠魂 多度 鍛冶神に捧げる太刀 (Tōshō damashii, Tado: kajigami ni sasageru tachi; The soul of the swordsmith. Tado: a tachi for the god of smiths) · TV Aichi (テレビ愛知, Terebi Aichi)

23 April 2019

The trailer of a documentary that follows for a year the forging of a tachi for the shrine of Tado Taisha (多度大社).

Play: 『刀匠展』無鑑査刀匠 尾川兼國さんからお話を聞きました。 (Tōshō-ten: mukansa tōshō Ogawa Kanekuni-san kara ohanashi o kikimashita; At the swordsmiths’ exhibition, we talked with the mukansa Ogawa Kanekuni)

『刀匠展』無鑑査刀匠 尾川兼國さんからお話を聞きました。 (Tōshō-ten: mukansa tōshō Ogawa Kanekuni-san kara ohanashi o kikimashita; At the swordsmiths’ exhibition, we talked with the mukansa Ogawa Kanekuni) · ハカハカ・コナスちゃん (Hakahaka Konasu-chan)

22:54 · 11 October 2023

An interview at the Mugegawa (Gifu) swordsmiths’ exhibition, in 2023.