Documented works
| Work | Designation | Where it is |
|---|---|---|
| Spear 薩州住元平 (Satsushū jū Motohira), by the first, before 1789; blade of 11.2 cm | No designation | Kyūshū National Museum (F68) |
| Katana 奥大和守平朝臣元平 (Oku Yamato no Kami Taira no Ason Motohira), 1796 (Kansei 8) | No designation | Tokyo National Museum (F-17293) |
| Katana of 1793 (Kansei 5), forged for Sumi Motooki (角元興) | No known designation | The Sumi family before the war; today not recorded |
| Katana by the second, 63.6 cm, made from the steel of a howitzer taken in January 1895 | No known designation | Not recorded |
| Katana by the second, 1897 (Meiji 30), 70.7 cm, forged at the Shūseikan (集成館) | No known designation | Not recorded |
The howitzer katana
Sesko published two katana by the second Motohira with the same inscription: 征清之役明治廿八年一月於威海衛鹿角嘴堡塁以所獲之廿四珊礮片鍛此刀焉 (Seishin no yaku Meiji nijūhachinen ichigatsu Ikaiei ni oite Kakakushi hōrui ni eta nijūyon-senchi tsutsu no hen o motte kono katana o kitau, from Sesko’s transcription), “this katana was forged from a fragment of the 24 cm howitzer taken at the Lujiaozui battery, in Weihaiwei, in January 1895, in the war against the Qing”. The second adds 明治卅年五月於磯集成所 (Meiji sanjūnen gogatsu Iso Shūseijo ni oite), “in the fifth month of 1897, at the Shūsei of Iso”: the Shūseikan, the industrial complex that Shimazu Nariakira founded in Iso, on the outskirts of Kagoshima. Sesko later received the oshigata of a third.
In the lists
No work of his designated by the State is recorded in Bunka Isan Online or in ColBase, and he does not appear in the wazamono lists.
Gallery
Spear (槍, yari) signed 薩州住元平 (Satsushū jū Motohira), by the first Motohira, before 1789. Kyūshū National Museum. Kyūshū National Museum, via ColBase · ColBase terms of use · source 
The same spear from the other side, with the signature on the tang. Kyūshū National Museum, via ColBase · ColBase terms of use · source