Kantei
A tantō on a black background, with the tang to the left and two holes, a groove ending in a point and a small engraving on the blade.

Kyoto National Museum, via ColBase (photo: 岡田愛, Okada Ai) · ColBase terms of use

Important Cultural Property · museums

Famous works

Two signed tantō hold up what is known of Sanekage: a dated one, whose whereabouts nobody knows today, and another at the Kyoto National Museum.

On this page
  1. His works
  2. The tantō of 1367
  3. The Kyoto tantō
  4. Jūyō Tōken katana

His works

WorkTypeDesignationWhere it is
短刀 銘賀州住真景 貞治六年月日 (tantō mei Gashū jū Sanekage Jōji rokunen gappi)Tantō of 28.5 cm, dated 1367Important Cultural Property since 1955Whereabouts unknown
短刀 銘加州住真景 (tantō mei Kashū jū Sanekage)Tantō of 28.8 cm—Kyoto National Museum

The tantō of 1367

Signed and dated in the sixth year of Jōji (1367), hira-zukuri, mitsu-mune, of itame and with a temper of ko-notare with ko-gunome. It was designated an Important Cultural Property in 1955, owned by a private individual in Kanagawa, and today it appears on the Agency for Cultural Affairs’ list of cultural properties whose whereabouts are unknown. It is the only signed and dated blade of his with a national designation, and it cannot be photographed.

The Kyoto tantō

Signed 加州住真景 (Kashū jū Sanekage), of the Nanbokuchō, 28.8 cm long with 0.3 cm of curvature.

Jūyō Tōken katana

Among the blades that the NBTHK has designated Jūyō Tōken are unsigned katana attributed to him, such as a much shortened one (ō-suriage) from the 36th session.