Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 5 October 2026.

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Sources

Official databases and museums

  1. Bunka Isan Online: spear 薩州住元平 (Satsushū jū Motohira), Kyūshū National Museum
  2. ColBase, Kyūshū National Museum: spear by Motohira (F68)
  3. ColBase, Tokyo National Museum: katana 奥大和守平朝臣元平 (Oku Yamato no Kami Taira no Ason Motohira) (F-17293)

NBTHK: Sword Journal

  1. NBTHK Sword Journal no. 758 (March 2020), kantei no. 3: katana by Oku Motohira
  2. NBTHK Sword Journal no. 734 (March 2018): Masayuki and Motohira
  3. NBTHK Sword Journal no. 781 (February 2022): the shinshintō of Satsuma

Studies

  1. Markus Sesko, “Nidai Oku Motohira” (2016)
  2. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 1: Sugata #6”
  3. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 1: Sugata #7”

Image credits

  1. Spear (槍, yari) signed 薩州住元平 (Satsushū jū Motohira), by the first Motohira, before 1789. Kyūshū National Museum (yari-kyushu.jpg)

    Kyūshū National Museum, via ColBase.
  2. The same spear from the other side, with the signature on the tang (yari-kyushu-mei.jpg)

    Kyūshū National Museum, via ColBase.