Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, by type. Dealers and portals served to check facts, but they are neither cited nor linked; their photos carry the generic credit.

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Sources

NBTHK

  1. NBTHK, catalogue of 平成の名刀・名工展 (Heisei no Meitō Meikōten), 2019
  2. NBTHK, diploma of the Takamatsu-no-miya Prize of the 2005 Shinsaku Meitōten

References

  1. Markus Sesko: Mukansa/Ningen-Kokuhō List

Image credits

  1. The point of the 2005 katana. (katana-2005-kissaki.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.

  2. The tang of the 2005 katana. (katana-2005-nakago.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.

  3. The diploma of the 2005 Takamatsu-no-miya Prize. (diploma-takamatsu-2005.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.

  4. The poster of the 2006 Shinsaku Meitōten. (cartel-2006.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.

  5. A katana of his, photographed in 2025. (katana-reciente.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.

  6. At the forge. (forja.jpg)

    Photo: dealer in Japan.