Sources

Sources

Studies

1. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 4 – Yamashiro #19: Rai (来) School 5” (Kunitsugu)
2. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 4 – Yamashiro #21: Rai (来) School 7” (Kunihide and Hidetsugu)
3. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 4 – Yamashiro #17: Rai (来) School 3” (the signatures on Kunitoshi’s behalf)

Official records and museums

1. Agency for Cultural Affairs, database of designated properties: 短刀〈銘来国次／〉 (tantō mei Rai Kunitsugu)
2. Tokyo National Museum, ColBase: 槍 銘 来国次 (yari mei Rai Kunitsugu), F-19969
3. Kyoto National Museum, list of works of 「京のかたな」 (Kyō no katana), 2018

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias

1. 来国次 (Rai Kunitsugu), Kotobank (Daijisen and Nihon kokugo daijiten)
2. 来派 (Rai-ha), Japanese Wikipedia
3. 日本刀一覧 (Nihontō ichiran), Japanese Wikipedia

Image credits

1. Yari signed 来国次 (Rai Kunitsugu), the side with the signature (colbase-yari-1.jpg)

   Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase; free use with acknowledgement of the source.

2. The same yari, from the other side (colbase-yari-2.jpg)

   Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase; free use with acknowledgement of the source.

3. Video posters (video-*.jpg)

   Stills from the videos themselves, from YouTube.