Kantei
An unmounted katana with a carving at the base of the blade, whole on a dark background.

Photo: dealer in Japan

From the Takamatsu-no-miya to mukansa

Prizes

The prizes of the NBTHK new-work competition that can be dated, the rank of mukansa and his works at the exhibitions of recent years. What has no year is said so.

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  1. NBTHK
  2. Other recognition

NBTHK

YearCompetitionPrizeWorkLevel
1972新作刀展 (Shinsakutō-ten), NBTHK特賞 (tokushō) and 文化庁長官賞 (Bunkachō Chōkanshō), that of the Commissioner for Cultural AffairsNot recordedAT
1973新作刀展 (Shinsakutō-ten), NBTHK高松宮賞 (Takamatsu-no-miya-shō): the first ever awardedNot recordedAT
No year新作刀展 (Shinsakutō-ten), NBTHKTwo more Takamatsu-no-miya-shō, three in all according to the English WikipediaNot recordedPC
1982NBTHKRank of mukansa, at 39 and at the same time as his brother—AT
2019平成の名刀・名工展 (Heisei no Meitō Meikōten), NBTHK名工大賞 (Meikō Taishō), the grand prizeWakizashi of 1999, of 38.0 cm, with the horimono carved by himHD
2021, 2022, 2024 and 2026現代刀職展 (Gendai Tōshokuten), NBTHKExhibits as mukansa, without judgingKatana of 72.0 cm and wakizashi of 34.3, 44.9 and 40.3 cmHD

Other recognition

  • Holder of an intangible cultural property of Tokyo. The year has not been found.
  • Chosen three times to forge the sacred tachi of the Ise shrine.