Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026 and the credits for all the images.

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Sources

Official records and museums

  1. Agency for Cultural Affairs, database of designated properties: 太刀 銘 安綱 (tachi mei Yasutsuna), the Dōjigiri, National Treasure
  2. e-Museum (National Museums of Japan): 太刀 銘 安綱 (tachi mei Yasutsuna), 名物 童子切安綱 (meibutsu Dōjigiri Yasutsuna)

Studies

  1. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 711 (April 2016): Aritsuna
  2. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 728 (September 2017): Sanemori and Ko-Hōki
  3. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 756 (January 2020): Yasuie
  4. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 758 (March 2020): kantei

Dictionaries and encyclopaedias

  1. 安綱 (Yasutsuna), Japanese Wikipedia
  2. 童子切 (Dōjigiri), Japanese Wikipedia
  3. 天下五剣 (tenka goken), Japanese Wikipedia
  4. 享保名物帳 (Kyōhō meibutsuchō), Japanese Wikipedia
  5. 鬼切丸 (Onikirimaru) of the Kitano Tenmangū shrine, Japanese Wikipedia
  6. 刀剣の業物一覧 (Tōken no wazamono ichiran), Japanese Wikipedia
  7. Japanese sword, English Wikipedia
  8. Dōjigiri, English Wikipedia
  9. Tenka-Goken, English Wikipedia

Image credits

  1. The Dōjigiri in its display case at the Tokyo National Museum, whole and its nakago (dojigiri-vitrina.jpg, dojigiri-nakago-vitrina.jpg)

    Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  2. The Dōjigiri, whole, on both sides (dojigiri-omote.jpg, dojigiri-ura.jpg)

    国立文化財機構 (Kokuritsu Bunkazai Kikō, National Institutes for Cultural Heritage), CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  3. The Dōjigiri in the 1955 plates of National Treasures (dojigiri-1955.jpg)

    Association of Cultural Properties, “Portfolio of National Treasures”, vol. 3 (Tokyo, 1955), public domain, via Wikimedia Commons.
  4. Poster of the commentary on the Dōjigiri (video-cMGZz9R6l-Y.jpg)

    Still: 美術史チャンネル (Bijutsushi Channel), on YouTube.
  5. Poster of the Dōjigiri with a guide (video-TbDl1wXvm2g.jpg)

    Still: MichiiTV, on YouTube.
  6. Poster of the news item on the Ko-Hōki exhibition (video-ZxfBTEGVQ30.jpg)

    Still: 奈良テレビ放送 (Nara Terebi Hōsō), on YouTube.
  7. Poster of the tour of the Tokyo National Museum (video-FGIeu4tCeCE.jpg)

    Still: 迫田貫路 (probable reading: Sakoda Kanji), on YouTube.