Sources

Sources

NBTHK: Sword Journal

1. NBTHK Sword Journal no. 706 (November 2015), kantei no. 3: Sukehiro’s tōran-ba and his imitators
2. NBTHK Sword Journal no. 786 (July 2022): kantei of a katana by Tsunatoshi

Studies

1. Markus Sesko, “Hachisuka Daimyō Patronage” (2025)
2. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 2: jigane/jihada 2” (2015)

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias

1. List of Wazamono, English Wikipedia

Image credits

1. Wakizashi signed by Ozaki Suketaka, from both sides: the upper half, with the large-wave tōran-ba and the point (wakizashi-toran-punta.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

2. The same wakizashi: the tang from both sides, signed 尾崎源五右衛門助隆 (Ozaki Gengoemon Suketaka) and dated 寛政九年八月日 (Kansei kunen hachigatsu hi), the eighth month of 1797, in cursive script (wakizashi-toran-espiga.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

3. The same wakizashi, on the date side: the tang, the tōran-ba stretch by stretch and the point (wakizashi-toran-detalles.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.

4. The same wakizashi, on the signature side (wakizashi-toran-mei.jpg)

   Photo: dealer in Japan.