Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, by type. His support site, the dealers and the sales portals served to check facts, but they are neither cited nor linked; the photos that come from his site carry the generic credit.

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Sources

NBTHK: catalogues and lists

  1. NBTHK, catalogue of the 新作名刀展 (Shinsaku Meitōten) exhibition of fiscal year 2017
  2. NBTHK, 2019 results in 『刀剣美術』 (Tōken Bijutsu)
  3. NBTHK, catalogue of the 現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten) 2020
  4. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2021
  5. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2022
  6. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2023
  7. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2024
  8. NBTHK, catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2025
  9. NBTHK, mukansa and results of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2025
  10. NBTHK, mukansa and results of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2026
  11. NBTHK, English catalogue of the Gendai Tōshokuten 2026
  12. NBTHK, mukansa regulations (無鑑査選任規程, mukansa sennin kitei)
  13. NBTHK, catalogue of 平成の名刀・名工展 (Heisei no Meitō Meikōten), 2019

References

  1. Japanese Wikipedia: 吉原義人 (Yoshihara Yoshindo), which lists him among his pupils
  2. Japanese Wikipedia: 山鳥毛 (Sanchōmō)
  3. Markus Sesko, “The Yamatorige/Sanchōmō 山鳥毛” (Sanchōmō) (2018)
  4. Markus Sesko, list of mukansa and Living National Treasures (2018)

Consulted, without a link

  1. Katsushika ward (Tokyo), “葛飾ゆかりの人” (Katsushika yukari no hito; people connected with Katsushika)
  2. Zen Nihon Tōshōkai (全日本刀匠会, Zen Nihon Tōshōkai), announcement of the 2025 exhibition

Image credits

  1. At the forge: the smith, seated and in white, and an assistant with the sledgehammer. (forja-mazo.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  2. The workshop: the forge, the iron and the tools. (taller-collage-fragua.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  3. Steel bars, a half-forged blade and the work at the table. (taller-collage-mesa.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  4. Tachi of 2004, copy of the Sanchōmō (山鳥毛, Sanchōmō). (tachi-2004-yamatorige.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  5. Tachi of 1991, in fine suguha. (tachi-1991-suguha.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  6. Tantō of 2004 in masame, copy of the Kuwayama Hōshō (桑山保昌, Kuwayama Hōshō). (tanto-2004-masame.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  7. Wakizashi of 1991, with horimono. (wakizashi-1991.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  8. Tantō of 1986, with gunome and saka-chōji. (tanto-1986.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  9. Tachi of 1986 with the inscription “中之口川辺” (Nakanokuchi-gawabe), the river of his childhood. (tachi-1986.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  10. Spear of 2011, copy of the Tonbokiri (蜻蛉切, Tonbokiri), with horimono. (yari-2011-tonbokiri.jpg)

    Photo: the smith himself.
  11. The poster for his 2025 exhibition, “作刀五十年 大野義光 華麗なる重花丁子の刃文” (Sakutō gojū-nen Ōno Yoshimitsu: karei naru jūka-chōji no hamon; fifty years of forging: the splendid jūka-chōji hamon). (cartel-2025.jpg)

    Poster published by the Zen Nihon Tōshōkai (全日本刀匠会, Zen Nihon Tōshōkai). © Zen Nihon Tōshōkai.
  12. Poster of the video of the 2025 exhibition (video-oPzSYhp6v60.jpg)

    Still: 永野照男 (Nagano Teruo), on YouTube.
  13. Poster of the video of the 2021 tantō (video-bUho1F3ic3A.jpg)

    Still: 永野照男 (Nagano Teruo), on YouTube.
  14. Poster of the video of the saka-chōji wakizashi (video-RMTz-xePVD0.jpg)

    Still: San SUN sanpo (サンSUN散歩), on YouTube.