Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 and 5 October 2026.

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Sources

Museums and official databases

  1. ColBase, Kyūshū National Museum: katana 肥前国住近江大掾藤原忠広 (Hizen no kuni jū Ōmi Daijō Fujiwara Tadahiro) (F92)
  2. Bunka Isan Online: the same katana of the Kyūshū National Museum
  3. ColBase, Kyūshū National Museum: wakizashi 近江大掾藤原忠広 (Ōmi Daijō Fujiwara Tadahiro) (F7)
  4. ColBase, Tokyo National Museum: katana (F-20244)
  5. ColBase, Tokyo National Museum: katana (F-19983)
  6. ColBase, Tokyo National Museum: wakizashi (F-20161)
  7. ColBase, Kyoto National Museum: katana (E甲564)
  8. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: wakizashi with mounting (2000.294)
  9. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: katana with mounting (36.25.1751a, b)
  10. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: daishō with mountings (36.25.1751-1752)

NBTHK: Sword Journal

  1. NBTHK Sword Journal, no. 726 (July 2017), kantei by Hinohara Dai
  2. NBTHK Sword Journal, no. 745 (February 2019)
  3. NBTHK Sword Journal, no. 751 (August 2019)
  4. NBTHK Sword Journal, no. 755 (December 2019)
  5. NBTHK Sword Journal, no. 787 (August 2022)

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias

  1. 近江大掾忠広 (Ōmi Daijō Tadahiro), Japanese Wikipedia
  2. 肥前忠広 (Hizen Tadahiro), Japanese Wikipedia
  3. 初代忠行 (Shodai Tadayuki), Japanese Wikipedia
  4. Kotobank: 肥前忠吉 (Hizen Tadayoshi), in the Nihon jinmei daijiten

Lists and treatises

  1. 刀剣の業物一覧 (Tōken no wazamono ichiran), Japanese Wikipedia
  2. List of Wazamono, English Wikipedia
  3. Japanese Sword Index: Tomita Kiyama’s ranking of shintō smiths, translated by Jinsoo Kim

Consulted, without a link

  1. Saga Prefecture, 肥前刀豆知識 (Hizen-tō mamechishiki), updated on 16 January 2026
  2. Saga Prefectural Museum, exhibition 肥前刀の技と美 (Hizen-tō no waza to bi), 2 December 2025 to 13 January 2026
  3. Saga Shimbun, 8 September 2020: the exhibition of Hizen swords at the Yūtoku Museum

Image credits

  1. Katana signed 肥前国住近江大掾藤原忠広 (Hizen no kuni jū Ōmi Daijō Fujiwara Tadahiro), both sides, and its tang (kyuhaku-katana.jpg, kyuhaku-katana-2.jpg, kyuhaku-mei.jpg)

    ColBase, Kyūshū National Museum (F92).
  2. Wakizashi signed 近江大掾藤原忠広 (Ōmi Daijō Fujiwara Tadahiro), both sides (kyuhaku-wakizashi.jpg, kyuhaku-wakizashi-2.jpg)

    ColBase, Kyūshū National Museum (F7).
  3. Katana of the Tokyo National Museum: the blade on both sides, the point and the carvings (tnm-katana.jpg, tnm-katana-2.jpg, tnm-punta.jpg, tnm-punta-2.jpg, tnm-horimono.jpg, tnm-mei.jpg)

    ColBase, Tokyo National Museum (F-20244).
  4. Katana signed 肥前国住近江大掾藤原忠廣 (Hizen no kuni jū Ōmi Daijō Fujiwara Tadahiro) (kioto-katana.jpg)

    ColBase, Kyoto National Museum (E甲564).