Sources

Sources

NBTHK

1. NBTHK, catalogue of the exhibition 筑前左文字の名刀 (Chikuzen Samonji no meitō), 2019
2. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 711 (April 2016), English translation: kantei of a tantō mei Yasuyoshi
3. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 805 (February 2024), English translation: kantei of a tantō by Samonji

Official records and museums

1. e-Museum: 短刀 銘左安吉 (tantō, mei Sa Yasuyoshi), meibutsu Hitotsuyanagi Yasuyoshi
2. ColBase: 短刀 (名物 一柳安吉) (tantō, meibutsu Hitotsuyanagi Yasuyoshi), Tokyo National Museum
3. Bunka Isan Online: 短刀 銘 安吉 (tantō, mei Yasuyoshi), Kyūshū National Museum

Encyclopaedias

1. Kotobank: 安吉 (Yasuyoshi), in the Seisen Nihon Kokugo Daijiten
2. Japanese Wikipedia: 左文字源慶 (Samonji Genkei)
3. Japanese Wikipedia: 犬山城 (Inuyama-jō), Inuyama Castle
4. Japanese Wikipedia: 中部地方の重要文化財一覧 (Chūbu chihō no jūyō bunkazai ichiran)
5. Japanese Wikipedia: 正宗十哲 (Masamune jittetsu)
6. Japanese Wikipedia: 刀剣の業物一覧 (Tōken no wazamono ichiran)

Scholars

1. Markus Sesko, “From women, geese, and naginata” (the Gankiri anecdote)

Image credits

1. The Hitotsuyanagi Yasuyoshi tantō of the Tokyo National Museum, on one side. (tanto-omote.jpg)

   Tokyo National Museum, on ColBase. Free, crediting ColBase.

2. The Hitotsuyanagi Yasuyoshi, from the other side. (tanto-ura.jpg)

   Tokyo National Museum, on ColBase. Free, crediting ColBase.

3. The origami (折紙, origami), the Hon'ami certificate, that accompanies the Hitotsuyanagi Yasuyoshi. (origami.jpg)

   Tokyo National Museum, on ColBase. Free, crediting ColBase.

4. The cover of the origami of the Hitotsuyanagi Yasuyoshi. (origami-cubierta.jpg)

   Tokyo National Museum, on ColBase. Free, crediting ColBase.