Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, by type, and the credit for each image. All the photos are from Wikimedia Commons, with their author and their licence.

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Sources

Official database

  1. Agency for Cultural Affairs, 国指定文化財等データベース (Kuni shitei bunkazai-tō dētabēsu): tantō 銘国光 (mei Kunimitsu), 名物会津新藤五 (meibutsu Aizu Shintōgo)

NBTHK

  1. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 805 (February 2024), English translation: the dated blades of Shintōgo Kunimitsu

Encyclopaedias

  1. Japanese Wikipedia: 新藤五国光 (Shintōgo Kunimitsu)
  2. Japanese Wikipedia: 会津新藤五 (Aizu Shintōgo)
  3. English Wikipedia: Shintōgo Kunimitsu
  4. Kotobank: 新藤五国光 (Shintōgo Kunimitsu), from the Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus

Researchers

  1. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 4 – Yamashiro #13 (Awataguchi 8)”, 2015
  2. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 1 – Sugata #5”, 2015
  3. Markus Sesko, “Thoughts on the Gokaden”, 2018

Museums

  1. ColBase, National Museums of Japan: search for 国光 (Kunimitsu)
  2. Wikimedia Commons: Shintōgo Kunimitsu

Image credits

  1. A tantō by Kunimitsu, an Important Cultural Property, in the Tokyo National Museum. (tanto-tnm.jpg)

    Author: Ihimutefu. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons.
  2. The tang of the same tantō, with the signature 國光 (Kunimitsu). (tanto-tnm-nakago.jpg)

    Author: Ihimutefu. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons.
  3. A tantō by Kunimitsu, an Important Cultural Property, in the display case of a Japanese national museum. (tanto-expuesto.jpg)

    Author: Kakidai. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons.
  4. Plate of a tantō signed Kunimitsu: the blade and the tang from both sides. (tanto-lamina.jpg)

    Author: 文化財保護委員会 (Bunkazai Hogo Iinkai). Licence: Public domain. Wikimedia Commons.
  5. Tantō signed Kunimitsu with its koshirae, in the Sano Art Museum (佐野美術館, Sano Bijutsukan). (tanto-sano.jpg)

    Author: Sano Art properties. Licence: CC BY-SA 2.5. Wikimedia Commons.
  6. Poster of the video by the Fukushima Prefectural Museum about the Aizu Shintōgo (video-jMZKTmOk5mo.jpg)

    Still: 福島県立博物館 (Fukushima Kenritsu Hakubutsukan), on YouTube.
  7. Poster of the video by the Fukushima Prefectural Museum about an attributed tantō (video--z7k0qrtxQk.jpg)

    Still: 福島県立博物館 (Fukushima Kenritsu Hakubutsukan), on YouTube.
  8. Poster of the video about the Aizu Shintōgo, the short one (video-W9gYcSK8RuE.jpg)

    Still: Daniel Lee, on YouTube.