Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026 and the credit for the image. Only sources that do not sell swords are linked; the others served to check facts, but are neither cited nor linked.

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Sources

Official databases and museums

  1. ColBase: 短刀 銘加州住真景 (tantō mei Kashū jū Sanekage), Kyoto National Museum

Researchers

  1. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 2 – Jigane & Jihada #2” (matsukawa-hada)

Consulted, without a link

  1. Agency for Cultural Affairs (文化庁, Bunkachō): list of nationally designated cultural properties whose whereabouts are unknown, record of the 短刀 銘賀州住真景 貞治六年月日 (tantō mei Gashū jū Sanekage Jōji rokunen gappi)

Image credits

  1. Tantō of the Kyoto National Museum (kyohaku-tanto.jpg)

    Photo: 岡田愛 (Okada Ai), Kyoto National Museum, via ColBase. CC BY 4.0.