Interviews and forging

Videos

An interview by the Hyōgo cultural association, three short pieces by a videographer and a minute from the Kōbe Shimbun at his forge. They play from YouTube when clicked.

Play: つながろうアート (Tsunagarō āto, let’s connect with art!): 髙見國一《無鑑査刀匠》「髙見國一刀匠、日本刀の魅力と作刀のエピソード語る」 (Let’s connect with art! Takami Kuniichi, mukansa swordsmith, talks about the appeal of the Japanese sword and anecdotes from his forging)

つながろうアート (Tsunagarō āto, let’s connect with art!): 髙見國一《無鑑査刀匠》「髙見國一刀匠、日本刀の魅力と作刀のエピソード語る」 (Let’s connect with art! Takami Kuniichi, mukansa swordsmith, talks about the appeal of the Japanese sword and anecdotes from his forging) · Hyōgo Prefecture Arts and Culture Association (兵庫県芸術文化協会, Hyōgo-ken Geijutsu Bunka Kyōkai)

12:06 · 18 July 2020

The longest interview: what makes the sword appealing and anecdotes from the forge. There is a version with English subtitles from 2021.

Play: 2020年 髙見國一 日本刀匠、無監査の思いを語る (2020: Takami Kuniichi, swordsmith, talks about what being mukansa means to him)

2020年 髙見國一 日本刀匠、無監査の思いを語る (2020: Takami Kuniichi, swordsmith, talks about what being mukansa means to him) · m2photoMovie

3:59 · 8 June 2020

What mukansa means to him.

Play: 高見國一 (Takami Kuniichi) 日本刀 (nihontō) 鍛錬 (tanren), 1minute Japanese sword Movie (one minute of forging)

高見國一 (Takami Kuniichi) 日本刀 (nihontō) 鍛錬 (tanren), 1minute Japanese sword Movie (one minute of forging) · m2photoMovie

1:00 · 22 June 2016

A minute of tanren, forging with the hammer.

Play: 髙見國一刀工の一面 佐用帖 (Takami Kuniichi tōkō no ichimen, Sayō-chō: one side of the swordsmith Takami Kuniichi, a Sayō notebook) 2

髙見國一刀工の一面 佐用帖 (Takami Kuniichi tōkō no ichimen, Sayō-chō: one side of the swordsmith Takami Kuniichi, a Sayō notebook) 2 · m2photoMovie

1:59 · 22 June 2016

He talks about his home town and about the chōji hamon.

Play: 1300度の鋼に魂込め 刀工 佐用町 (Putting the soul into steel at 1,300 degrees: a swordsmith from Sayō)

1300度の鋼に魂込め 刀工 佐用町 (Putting the soul into steel at 1,300 degrees: a swordsmith from Sayō) · Kōbe Shimbun (神戸新聞社, Kōbe Shinbunsha)

1:08 · 7 August 2018

A report by the Kōbe daily: forging with the power hammer, when he had seven special prizes to his name.