Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026.

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Sources

Museums

  1. ColBase, Tokyo National Museum: tachi by Rai Kunimitsu, 1327 (F-21)
  2. e-Museum, Tokyo National Museum: tachi by Rai Kunimitsu, 1327
  3. ColBase, Tokyo National Museum: katana with a gold attribution (F-17)
  4. ColBase, Kyūshū National Museum: tachi by Rai Kunimitsu (F1)
  5. e-Museum, Kyūshū National Museum: tachi by Rai Kunimitsu
  6. ColBase, Kyoto National Museum: katana shortened by Umetada (E甲215)
  7. Wikimedia Commons: Rai Kunimitsu

NBTHK

  1. NBTHK, catalogue of the exhibition 日本刀の見方 (Nihontō no mikata), part I: 姿 (sugata), 2019

Studies

  1. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 4: Yamashiro #18, Rai school 4”
  2. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 4: Yamashiro #19, Rai school 5”
  3. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 4: Yamashiro #20, Rai school 6”
  4. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 1: Sugata #3”
  5. Markus Sesko, blades of the NBTHK Shijō Kantei, 1998-2024 (PDF)

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias

  1. Kotobank: 来国光 (Rai Kunimitsu)
  2. 来派 (Rai-ha), Japanese Wikipedia
  3. 刀剣の業物一覧 (Tōken no wazamono ichiran), Japanese Wikipedia
  4. List of Wazamono, English Wikipedia
  5. 関東地方の重要文化財一覧 (Kantō chihō no jūyō bunkazai ichiran), Japanese Wikipedia
  6. 中部地方の重要文化財一覧 (Chūbu chihō no jūyō bunkazai ichiran), Japanese Wikipedia
  7. 近畿地方の重要文化財一覧 (Kinki chihō no jūyō bunkazai ichiran), Japanese Wikipedia
  8. 中国地方の重要文化財一覧 (Chūgoku chihō no jūyō bunkazai ichiran), Japanese Wikipedia

Image credits

  1. Tachi signed and dated 1327 (Karyaku 2), National Treasure. Tokyo National Museum (tachi-1327.jpg)

    ColBase, Tokyo National Museum (F-21).
  2. The point and the bōshi of the 1327 tachi (tachi-1327-boshi.jpg)

    ColBase, Tokyo National Museum (F-21).
  3. The tang of the 1327 tachi, with the signature and the date on a single line (tachi-1327-nakago.jpg)

    ColBase, Tokyo National Museum (F-21).
  4. The tang of the 1327 tachi, from the other side (tachi-1327-nakago-ura.jpg)

    ColBase, Tokyo National Museum (F-21).
  5. The upper part and the point of the Kyūshū tachi (kyushu-punta.jpg)

    ColBase, Kyūshū National Museum (F1).
  6. The shortened tang of the Kyūshū tachi (kyushu-nakago.jpg)

    ColBase, Kyūshū National Museum (F1).
  7. The 1327 tachi on display (tachi-1327-sala.jpg)

    Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  8. The 1327 tachi, another view (tachi-1327-sala-2.jpg)

    Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  9. The 1327 tachi, from the other side (tachi-1327-ura.jpg)

    ColBase, Tokyo National Museum (F-21).
  10. Shortened tachi, National Treasure. Kyūshū National Museum (kyushu-tachi.jpg)

    ColBase, Kyūshū National Museum (F1).
  11. Katana with the attribution to Kunimitsu in gold by Hon'ami Kōshitsu, Important Cultural Property. Tokyo National Museum (katana-koshitsu.jpg)

    ColBase, Tokyo National Museum (F-17).
  12. The same katana on display, with the gold inscription on the tang (katana-koshitsu-sala.jpg)

    Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  13. Katana shortened by Umetada Myōju, Important Cultural Property. Kyoto National Museum (katana-umetada.jpg)

    ColBase, Kyoto National Museum (E甲215).