Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, grouped by type, and the credits for all the images.

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Sources

Official databases and museums

  1. Bunka Isan Online: 太刀 銘筑州住左 (tachi mei Chikushū jū Sa), 江雪左文字 (Kōsetsu Samonji)
  2. Bunka Isan Online: 短刀 銘左 (tantō mei Sa) / 筑州住 (Chikushū jū)
  3. Agency for Cultural Affairs, 国指定文化財等データベース (Kuni shitei bunkazai-tō dētabēsu): 短刀 銘左 (tantō mei Sa) / 筑州住 (Chikushū jū), the Taikō Samonji
  4. ColBase: tantō 左 (Sa) / 筑州住 (Chikushū jū), Kyūshū National Museum
  5. ColBase: tantō 左 (Sa) / 筑州住 (Chikushū jū), Kyoto National Museum
  6. ColBase: tantō 一柳安吉 (Hitotsuyanagi Yasuyoshi), Tokyo National Museum

NBTHK

  1. NBTHK, Japanese Sword Museum: exhibition 筑前左文字の名刀 (Chikuzen Samonji no meitō), 2019
  2. NBTHK, Japanese Sword Museum: exhibition 正宗十哲 (Masamune jittetsu), 2024
  3. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 805 (February 2024), English translation: kantei of a tantō by Samonji

Encyclopaedias

  1. 左文字源慶 (Samonji Genkei), Japanese Wikipedia
  2. 江雪左文字 (Kōsetsu Samonji), Japanese Wikipedia
  3. 太閤左文字 (Taikō Samonji), Japanese Wikipedia
  4. 小夜左文字 (Sayo Samonji), Japanese Wikipedia
  5. 義元左文字 (Yoshimoto Samonji), Japanese Wikipedia

Researchers

  1. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 1 – Sugata #2”
  2. Markus Sesko, “The Yoshimoto-Samonji”

Image credits

  1. The Kōsetsu Samonji (kosetsu-samonji.jpg)

    Association of Cultural Properties, Japan, in a portfolio of National Treasures of 1952. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
  2. The Yoshimoto Samonji (yoshimoto-samonji.jpg)

    Unknown author, in 日本国寳全集 (Nihon kokuhō zenshū), 1924. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
  3. The tang of the Yoshimoto Samonji (yoshimoto-nakago.jpg)

    Unknown author, in 国史大図鑑 (Kokushi dai zukan), 1932. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
  4. Oshigata of the Yoshimoto Samonji (yoshimoto-oshigata.jpg)

    Unknown author, in 継平押形 (Tsuguhira oshigata), 1928. Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
  5. Tantō of the Kyoto National Museum (kyohaku-tanto.jpg)

    Photo: 岡田愛 (Okada Ai), Kyoto National Museum, via ColBase. CC BY 4.0.
  6. Tantō of the Kyūshū National Museum, both faces (tanto-kyushu-a.jpg, tanto-kyushu-b.jpg)

    Kyūshū National Museum, via ColBase. CC BY 4.0.
  7. The Hitotsuyanagi Yasuyoshi (hitotsuyanagi-yasuyoshi.jpg)

    Tokyo National Museum, via ColBase. CC BY 4.0.
  8. Poster of the video of the Kōsetsu Samonji at Fukuyama (video-aRAoUOHlofI.jpg)

    Still: 日本刀の美 (Nihontō no bi), on YouTube.
  9. Poster of the audio guide to the exhibition (video-c1au9J_oxo8.jpg)

    Still: Pokkeトラベル音声ガイドアプリ (Pokke Toraberu onsei gaido apuri), on YouTube.