Kantei

Bibliography and credits

Sources

The sources consulted on 4 October 2026, by type, and the credit for each image.

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Official records and museums

  1. Designated cultural properties: 短刀〈銘行光〉 (tantō, mei Yukimitsu)
  2. e-Museum: 短刀 銘行光 (tantō, mei Yukimitsu)
  3. ColBase: 短刀 銘 行光 (tantō, mei Yukimitsu), Tokyo National Museum

NBTHK

  1. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 783 (April 2022), English translation: unsigned katana attributed to Yukimitsu
  2. NBTHK, Sword Journal no. 805 (February 2024), English translation: kantei

Encyclopaedias

  1. Japanese Wikipedia: 新藤五国光 (Shintōgo Kunimitsu)
  2. Japanese Wikipedia: 正宗 (Masamune)
  3. Japanese Wikipedia: 不動行光 (Fudō Yukimitsu)
  4. Japanese Wikipedia: 日本の刀工一覧 (Nihon no tōkō ichiran)
  5. Japanese Wikipedia: 刀剣の業物一覧 (Tōken no wazamono ichiran)

Scholars

  1. Markus Sesko, “The Kotegiri-Masamune”

Image credits

  1. The Yukimitsu tantō of the Maeda house, on one side. (tanto-omote.jpg)

    Tokyo National Museum, on ColBase. Free, crediting ColBase.
  2. The Maeda tantō, from the other side. (tanto-ura.jpg)

    Tokyo National Museum, on ColBase. Free, crediting ColBase.
  3. The Maeda tantō on display at the Tokyo National Museum. (tanto-vitrina.jpg)

    Kakidai, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  4. The Maeda tantō in a display case at the Tokyo National Museum. (tanto-vitrina-2.jpg)

    Underbar dk, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  5. The koshirae of the tantō: a lacquered aikuchi with clouds (瑞雲, zuiun) in makie. (koshirae.jpg)

    Tokyo National Museum, on ColBase. Free, crediting ColBase.
  6. The cover of the origami (折紙, origami), the Hon'ami certificate, that accompanies the Maeda tantō. (origami-cubierta.jpg)

    Tokyo National Museum, on ColBase. Free, crediting ColBase.
  7. An origami by Hon'ami Kōchū of 1702 certifying a tantō by Yukimitsu. (origami-kochu.jpg)

    SLIMHANNYA, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.
  8. Poster of the video “国宝展 (Kokuhō-ten) 解説 (kaisetsu): 短刀 銘 行光 (tantō, mei Yukimitsu), 相州行光 (Sōshū Yukimitsu)” (video-9FiDrR9YVx4.jpg)

    Still: 美術史チャンネル (Bijutsushi Channel), on YouTube.
  9. Poster of the video “日本刀 (Nihontō): 相州行光 (Sōshū Yukimitsu) – 伯耆安綱 (Hōki Yasutsuna)” (video-DJtjQFDQl4A.jpg)

    Still: AboutOSX, on YouTube.