Kantei

In museums and lists

Famous works

A katana that is an Important Art Object in Kyoto, a Tokubetsu Jūyō by the first, blades in museums in Japan and New York, and their place in the lists.

On this page
  1. Documented works
  2. Two pieces
  3. In the lists
  4. Gallery

Documented works

WorkDesignationWhere it is
Katana 丹波守吉道 (Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi)Important Art Object (重要美術品, jūyō bijutsuhin)Kyoto National Museum (E甲567)
Katana by the first, 丹波守吉道 (Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi) 為内藤九郎右衛門代々 (tame Naitō Kurōemon daidai), blade of 77.9 cmNBTHK Tokubetsu Jūyō TōkenPrivate collection; exhibited at the Japanese Sword Museum in 2021
Blades of a daishō for a child, signed 吉道 (Yoshimichi), of Kyoto, with 19th-century mountings: katana of 69.8 cm and wakizashi of 53.1 cmNo designationThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (2011.110.1, 2)
Two wakizashi 丹波守吉道 (Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi)No designationSaitama Prefectural Museum of History and Folklore
Sword 丹波守吉道 (Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi) from the former Matsumae houseNo designationMatsumae Castle Museum, Hokkaidō

Two pieces

The katana in the Kyoto National Museum is an Important Art Object, according to Bunka Isan Online. The Tokubetsu Jūyō katana by the first Tanba no Kami was shown in the third part of the exhibition for the fiftieth anniversary of the Tokubetsu Jūyō classification, at the Japanese Sword Museum, from 23 November to 22 December 2021, and the NBTHK discussed it in its Sword Journal. No work of the lineage in a shrine is recorded in the sources consulted.

In the lists

In the Yamada cutting list (懐宝剣尺, Kaihō Kenjaku, 1797), the Yoshimichi of Kyoto, first and second, and those of Osaka, first and second, are in the third grade, that of the yoki-wazamono (良業物), according to the Japanese and the English Wikipedia. In Tomita Kiyama’s ranking of shintō swordsmiths (1933), published in the 日本刀辞典 新刀篇 (Nihontō Jiten Shintō-hen) in 1935, Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi is among the 世話人 (sewanin), a group of honour outside the eastern and western sides, according to the translation of the Japanese Sword Index.

Yamato no Kami Yoshimichi (大和守吉道), of Osaka, is another swordsmith: in the cutting list he is in the fourth grade, that of the wazamono (業物), and in Tomita’s ranking also among the sewanin. No work of the lineage is recorded in the Kyōhō meibutsuchō (享保名物帳).