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): tachi 銘為次 (mei Tametsugu), the Kitsunegasaki
  2. 文化遺産オンライン (Bunka Isan Online): tachi 銘為次 (mei Tametsugu), the Kitsunegasaki

Encyclopaedias

  1. Japanese Wikipedia: 狐ヶ崎 (Kitsunegasaki)
  2. Japanese Wikipedia: 青江派 (Aoe-ha)
  3. English Wikipedia: Kikkawa Historical Museum
  4. Kotobank: 為次 (Tametsugu), from the Nihon jinmei daijiten+Plus

Researchers

  1. Markus Sesko, “The difficulties of classifying Kamakura blade shapes”, 2013
  2. Markus Sesko, “Kantei 1 – Sugata #5”, 2015

Images

  1. Wikimedia Commons: Tametsugu

Image credits

  1. The tachi Kitsunegasaki, a National Treasure: the whole blade and the tang. (kitsunegasaki.jpg)

    Author: 文化財協会 (Bunkazai Kyōkai). Licence: Public domain. Wikimedia Commons.
  2. The tang of the Kitsunegasaki, unshortened, with its curve. (kitsunegasaki-nakago.jpg)

    Author: Unknown author. Licence: Public domain. Wikimedia Commons.
  3. The black-lacquer and leather mounting of the Kitsunegasaki. (kitsunegasaki-koshirae.jpg)

    Author: Unknown author. Licence: Public domain. Wikimedia Commons.
  4. The Kikkawa Historical Museum, in Iwakuni, where the Kitsunegasaki is kept. (museo-kikkawa.jpg)

    Author: Umako. Licence: Public domain. Wikimedia Commons.
  5. For comparison: a tachi by Masatsune, of the Ko-Aoe school, in the Tokyo National Museum. (ko-aoe-masatsune.jpg)

    Author: SLIMHANNYA. Licence: CC BY-SA 4.0. Wikimedia Commons.
  6. Poster of the video of the tachi-zu of the Kitsunegasaki (video-4Trspzo1a9w.jpg)

    Still: 吉川史料館 (Kikkawa Shiryōkan), on YouTube.
  7. Poster of the video of the exhibition of swords of the Kikkawa house (video-243-hb0M7rU.jpg)

    Still: 吉川史料館 (Kikkawa Shiryōkan), on YouTube.