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Article
Issue
Pages
A blade by Egawa Tarôzaemon Hidetatsu (江川太郎左衛門英龍)
695
3
A blade by Hokke Saburô Nobutsugu (法華三郎信次) made of meteorite steel
481
9
A blade by Suzuki Sôei (鈴木宗栄) mentioning his name change to U (右) in the mei
676
4
A blade made from beitetsu
471
2
A doll with a Kunishige (国重) tantô
430
3
A find of oshigata and other references on Sendai Kanetsugu (兼次) blades signed with the prefix “Enju”
628
7
A gassaku by father and son Uda Nyûdô Yûgen (宇多入道勇源) and Kunimune (国宗)
681
2
A Kunimasa (国正) with naga-mei and date signature that seems to be a Horikawa-mono
637
3
A late work of the
11th
generation Aizu-Kanesada (兼定)
623
2
A meitô hosting the spirit of Gô Yoshihiro (江義弘)
628
3
A Munemitsu (宗光) blade dated Bunmei 14 (1482)
496
2
A prayer scroll by Iga no Kami Kinmichi (伊賀守金道)
673
1
494
3
A Shimada Yoshisuke (島田義助) blade and the fate of the warrior Nawamuri no Suke
428
2
A signed tachi of Kuniyuki (国行) with the shumei “Ninnaji Bettô”( 仁和寺別当)
455
8
A survey on date signatures #1
490
10
A survey on date signatures #2
491
7
A sword by Jirô Tarô Naokatsu (直勝) with a kiritsuke-mei by Yamon Naoaki (弥門直諒)
689
2
A sword by Yasui Senchi Toshimasa (安井仙知俊正) showing the name of the client in the mei
629
2
A sword of Miura Gonbei Kunimitsu (三浦権平国光) and its sayagaki
659
5
A swords offered to the Shônen-jinja (昭南神社)
468
2
A tantô dated Meiô nine (1500) that bears the early mei of No-Sada
679
2
A tantô of Mito Norikatsu (徳勝) with a koku’in
548
12
A tsuba by the Tanaka Kiyotoshi student Takamoto Hidemune (高本秀宗)
532
1
A wakizashi by Òsaka Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi (丹波守吉道) that mentions the Ikutama manor (生玉庄)
496
2
A yari made by Tashiro Hidetarô Nagatoshi (田代秀太郎長俊)
515
3
A yari with the niji-mei of Sendai Sadaie (定家)
620
4
Additional thoughts on Sue-kotô with shoji-mei (names of owners inscribed on tang)
447
6
Additional thoughts on Takamitsu (貴光) blades made in Ôhara in Mimasaka province
431
2
Aesthetics of the Japanese Sword #1
673
13
Aesthetics of the Japanese Sword #2
690
13
Aizu Kanesada (会津兼定) and Echigo’s Kamo
694
5
Akabane-tô symposium
467
7
A precious date signature of the
4th
generation Kyô Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi (丹波守吉道)
as production site
Akamatsu Masahide and swords by Kiyomitsu (清光) made in Tatsuno (竜野) #1
372
4
Amada Akitsugu and Ôsumi Toshihira becoming ningen-kokuhô
485
2
An advertisement published by Matsunaga Ryûminsai Kaneyuki (兼行)
633
2
An analysis of reference documents concerning honorary titles of swordsmiths
566
9
An old issue of the Mei Zukushi
472
5
Analysing the cut surface of a nakagojiri
678
6
Blades by Inaba swordsmiths
488
6
Blades by the rikugun-jumei swordsmith Miura Kunimitsu (三浦国光)
647
9
Blades by the Sendai swordsmith Minamoto Kunihide/Kuniteru (国英)
654
4
Blades made by Aizu Kanesada (兼定) at the Kannon-ji and the cavalier Kannonji Kyûzaemon
501
11
Blades of Katsumitsu (勝光) and Munemitsu (宗光) from the Bunmei era (1469-1487) – Research on their
458
7
Blades of Sumi Motooki (角元興) with setsudan-mei
661
6
Bushû-Shitahara studies #1 –The origins of the Bushû-Shitahara smiths and their founder Chikashige (周重)
524
11
Bushû-Shitahara studies #2 – The Yasushige (康重) main line
560
10
Bushû-Shitahara studies #3 – The Terushige (照重) line
675
9
Bushû-Shitahara studies #4 – The Hiroshige (広重) main line and the Munekuni (宗国) line
677
11
Bushû-Shitahara studies #5 – The Masashige (正重) line
681
9
Characteristics and rules of kinzôgan setsudan-mei – With a focus on the Yamano family
669
16
Comparative studies of the Arami Mei Zukushi and the Arami Mei Zukushi Kôshû
466
18
Comparison of jigane from different domestic satetsu sources
664
3
Considerations on Bizen Saburô Kunimune (備前三郎国宗) going to Kyôto and Kamakura
452
4
Considerations on the aesthetics of the Japanese Sword
430
3
Dewa no Daijô Kunimichi (出羽大掾国路) and Etchû no Kami Masatoshi (越中守正俊)
559
2
Discovery of a rare gassaki of Hisatoshi (久利), Tsunatoshi (綱俊), and Korekazu (是一)
692
1
Edo-period and Meiji-era depictions of oni on sword fittings – With a focus on hamamono
478
8
Etyomological considerations on Koma-tsurugi and the Ama no Murakumo no tsurugi
531
3
Examining and comparing the Ôseki Shô and the Genki Gannen Token Mekiki Sho
537
6
Experimenting with satetsu from Kamakura Bay
637
4
Experimenting with yakibatsuchi
518
5
From the forge of the ningen-kokuhô Takahashi Sadatsugu (高橋貞次)
552
11
From the origins to the present-day status of so-called Akabane-tô
467
5
Gotô School Studies #12
196
3
Gunsui-tô and Kiribuchi Kanemune (桐渕兼宗)
628
1
He history and meaning of menuki
656
8
Historical circumstances of the birth of the nihontô – From the chokutô to the wantô
587
8
Hizen-tô #16 – Views on shôshin and gimei
431
5
Hizen-tô #19 – Masahiro (正広)
445
6
Hizen-tô #20 – Masahiro #2 (正広)
449
8
Hizen-tô #21 – Signature changes over time (1st generation Tadayoshi, 忠吉)
451
6
Hizen-tô #22 – Signature changes over time (2nd generation Tadahiro, 忠広)
458
9
461
10
temporary workplace in Kagoshima
Hizen-tô #23 – Signature changes over time
(2nd
generation Tadahiro, 忠広)
Hizen-tô #24 – Jishin-mei of the 2nd gen. Tadahiro (忠広) and daimei of the 3rd generation
468
10
Hizen-tô #24 – Rules and exceptions
464
12
476
13
480
10
488
9
Hizen-tô #29 – Hirosada (広貞) main and side line
492
13
Hizen-tô #30 – Outline of the Saga fief’s history
500
21
Hizen-tô #24 – The
2nd
generation Masahiro (正広)
Hizen-tô #27 – Rules and peculiarities (an investigation of old theories)
Hizen-tô #28 – Theories on the
3rd
generation Ise no Daijô Yoshihiro (伊勢大掾吉広)
Hizen-tô #31 – Remaining questions with the
8th
generation Tadayoshi (忠吉)
504
10
Hizen-tô #32 – The time when the 1st generation Masahiro (正広) received his honorary title
600
11
Hizen-tô #33 – On Hizen Yoshisuke (吉助)
648
4
Hizen-tô #34 – Questions on the old traditions regarding midareba of the Tadayoshi lineage
660
10
Hizen-tô #35 – The origins of Tosa no Kami Tadayoshi (土佐守忠吉)
662
8
Hizen-tô #36 – Tadakuni (忠国)
665
14
Hizen-tô #37 – Harima no Kami Tadakuni (播磨守忠国)
668
14
Hizen-tô #38 – Dewa no Kami Yukihiro (出羽守行広)
672
15
Hizen-tô #39 – Reevaluating the fame of the
8th
generation Tadayoshi (忠吉)
680
16
Hizen-tô #40 – Additional info on the 6th and 7th generations Tadayoshi (忠吉)
682
5
Hizen-tô #41 – The three great bakumatsu-era Tadayoshi (忠吉) masters
684
12
Hizen-tô #42 – The Tadayoshi (忠吉) line and the nakago finish of Hizen-tô
686
12
Hizen-tô #43 – Mizukage
692
16
Hizen-tô #44 – The situation of the Hizen smiths
696
13
How many Genbei no Jô Sukesada (源兵衛尉祐定) existed?
457
4
Inquiry on daimei of Kunisada (国貞)
564
13
Interview with the last Yasukuni smith Yasunori (靖憲)
591
2
Introducing works of Hanjô (繁昌)
506
2
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A blade bz Hokke Ichij&o Saneie (実家) made in Kusado
597
3
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A fuchigashira set by Ishiguro Kazuyoshi (石黒一美)
596
1
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A fuchigashira set by Takeshima Toshitaka (武嶋寿孝)
598
1
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A kozuka by Masaharu (政晴)
590
1
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A kozuka with straw snake motif by Sano Michiyoshi (佐野道好)
581
1
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A late work of Horie Okinari (堀江興成)
600
1
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A mitokoromono of Tsu Jinpo (津尋甫)
583
1
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A Satsuma-koshirae
546
2
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A tsuba by the 2nd generation Funada Ikkin (一琴)
579
1
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A tsuba by the 2nd generation Yamakichibei
608
1
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A tsuba by the mask carver Mori Joken (森如件)
586
2
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A tsuba of Kotetsu
552
1
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A wakizashi by Egawa Tarôzaemon (江川太郎左衛門)
587
3
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A wakizashi by the Naminohira smith Kiyosuke (清左)
589
2
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – A wakizashi of Sukehiro with horimono by Ikkanshi Tadatsuna
591
1
Introduction of items submitted to shinsa – The Daihannya-utsushi of Miyairi Yukihira (宮入行平)
582
3
Introduction of Rare Swords and Items #23 – Inaba no Kami Kanetoki (因幡守金辰)
196
1
Introduction of Rare Swords and Items #43 – Blade of Hôki no Kami Masayoshi (伯耆守正幸) made one year
240
2
Investigating a yari of the 7th generation Sendai Kunikane (国包)
634
5
Investigating the life of Nemoto Izumi no Kami Kunitora (根本和泉守国虎) #1
591
13
Investigating the life of Nemoto Izumi no Kami Kunitora (根本和泉守国虎) #2
592
9
Investigating the life of Nemoto Izumi no Kami Kunitora (根本和泉守国虎) #3
593
9
Investigations on steel from Sakauchi (坂内) in Mino province
614
7
Investigations on th Sendai swordsmith Ôshû Tarô Munetoshi (奥州太郎宗利)
691
8
Investigations on the Kishû-Ishidô school #1
584
17
Investigations on the Kishû-Ishidô school #2
585
13
Investigations on the Kishû-Ishidô school #3
586
6
Investigations on the production site of Bitchû Ihara-jû Satô Jûsuke Kunishige #1 (国重)
474
6
Investigations on the production site of Bitchû Ihara-jû Satô Jûsuke Kunishige #2 (国重)
475
6
Investigations on the production site of Bitchû Ihara-jû Satô Jûsuke Kunishige #3 (国重)
476
5
Investigations on the production site of Bitchû Ihara-jû Satô Jûsuke Kunishige #4 (国重)
477
7
Investigations on the production site of Bitchû Ihara-jû Satô Jûsuke Kunishige #5 (国重)
478
7
Items on display on the occasion of the anniversary of the foundation of the Tôkyô branch of the NBTHK
445
16
Kamakura-era kabuto and their shinobi no o and ukebari no o
240
5
Kanchi’in Bon Mei Zukushi #4 (観智院本銘尽)
240
3
Kaneie tsuba with a Jôshû mei
491
2
Lecture on the nihontô for beginners – Kotô
668
7
Lecture on the nihontô for beginners – Shintô
668
7
Legacy of the Kurihara family
448
6
Masamune (正宗) and his students
497
16
Meiji-era sword associations
667
2
Mekugi-ana as seen in old documents
601
4
Monetary value (daitsuke) as seen in sword publications
693
11
Muromachi-era swords
646
9
Nagayama Kôkan becoming ningen-kokuhô
498
1
Naginata with the nickname “Gondô” (権藤)
692
1
Nengô on swords in accordance with the change of eras
427
5
New inquiries on the time Taikei Naotane (大慶直胤) received his honorary title
681
3
New thoughts on the Shichishi-tô – Objections
541
6
New thoughts on the Shichishi-tô – Response to the objections
543
2
New thoughts on the Shichishi-tô preserved in the Isonokami-jingû
535
5
Nihonto no Uta in Japan and China #2
457
7
Norimitsu (則光) with Ôei era (応永, 1394-1428) date signature
196
2
before his death
Notes on Kôzuke swordsmiths #2 –
2nd
generation Mutsu no Kami Masanori (陸奥守将応)
427
6
Notes on Kôzuke swordsmiths #3 –
3nd
generation Mutsu no Kami Masanori (陸奥守将応) and successors
428
6
Notes on Kôzuke swordsmiths #4
532
4
Notes on Kôzuke swordsmiths #5
533
4
Notes on Kôzuke swordsmiths #6
659
5
Notes on Kôzuke swordsmiths #7
670
4
Notes on Mito-tô – Continuation 1
617
11
Notes on Mito-tô – Continuation 2
618
12
Notes on Mito-tô – Continuation 3
627
13
Notes on Mito-tô – Continuation 4
638
16
Notes on Mito-tô 1/2
608
19
Notes on Mito-tô 2/2
609
13
Nyûsatsu-kantei within Edo-period Satsuma fief #1
545
8
Nyûsatsu-kantei within Edo-period Satsuma fief #2
546
7
Obituary for the ningen-kokuhô Gassan Sadaichi
460
1
Ôdachi preserved in the (Uesugi-related) Keishôden (稽照殿)
573
2
Old samurai kantei as seen in the archives of the Sakae family (寒河江)
473
3
Old Sanuki smiths
645
7
Old sword publications and Kyûshû nengô
384
5
On a kondô maruzaya tachi 1
459
2
On a kondô maruzaya tachi 2
470
1
On a mei of Taiyrûsai Sôkan (宗寛) and a cutting test of Iga Norishige
684
2
On a sword of Amano Hachirô Minamoto Toshiaki (天野八郎源利明) and its provenance
525
2
On a wakizashi of Ichige Norichika (市毛徳鄰) with the suffix “kore o kintan” (謹鍛之)
590
13
On ashinaka straw sandals
621
5
On bakufu records on the duties of their officials
451
3
On cutting tests on multiple (stacked) bodies (kasane-dô)
674
6
On Edo-period sageo
695
4
On Hei’emon no Jô Takamitsu (平右衛門尉貴光)
428
6
On hi (grooves) – Mechanical considerations
459
5
On Inaba Heki Kanetsugu (因幡日置兼次) and Shinryûshi Toshishige (真竜子寿茂)
430
3
On ito-sukashi of the Mito kinkô
697
8
On Itsuowaribari (稜威尾羽張)
648
3
On Iyo-Shôami – With a focus on a newly discovered dragon fuchigashira and reference documents
612
3
On kakikudashi-mei
536
7
On Kamakura-era yakiire
671
5
On kenukigata-tachi (and nodachi and efu no tachi)
661
6
On keppan (seals with blood)
692
2
On Koyama Biyen no Suke Munetsugu (固山備前介宗次)
448
4
On Minamoto Kiyomaro’s (源清麿) stay in Hagi
654
6
On Nanbokuchô-era ôdachi
626
11
On Rokurôzaemon no Jô Sukemitsu (六郎左衛門尉祐光)
459
6
On sanbon-sugi
680
4
On Shôji Naotane’s (荘司直胤) natural son Matsusaki Naomune (松崎直宗)
561
8
On tekkotsu
522
3
On th Hon’ami family – With a focus on Kôji (光二)
635
14
On the 2nd generation Yosôzaemon no Jô Sukesada (与三左衛門尉祐定)
506
8
On the compilation of the Kinmichi (金道) genealogy
558
12
On the differentiation of Sekijôken Mototaka (赤城軒元孚) generations
694
5
On the differentiation of the Kawachi no Kami Sukesada (河内守祐定) generations
633
5
On the discovery of a temple treasure sword of Kumagai Jizaemon Kanetsugu (熊谷次左衛門兼次)
449
6
On the Edo-kinkô Seki Yoshinori (関義則)
554
11
On the first print run of the Honchô Kaji Kô
577
4
On the genealogies of the Takeya and Kiya families
518
7
On the Honchô Kokon Mei Zukushi
639
18
On the honorary titles of Mondo no Shô Masakiyo (正清) and Shume no Kami Yasuyo (安代)
676
8
On the Kaifun Ki author Koku’an (黒庵)
670
9
On the kinkô families of Nomura and Hirata working for the Tokushima fief of Awa province
544
5
On the Kuwana fief smiths Tegarayama Masashige (手柄山正繁) and Koyama Munetsugu (固山宗次)
520
4
On the ladt Buzen Kokura smith Ki no Masatsugu (紀政次)
666
8
On the master of Miyaguchi Ikkansai Shigetoshi (宮口一貫斎繁寿)
499
7
On the mei of Higo no Kami Teruhiro (肥後守輝広)
648
3
On the Mei Zukushi Hiden Shô
622
5
On the Mishina ancestor Kanemichi (兼道)
429
8
On the Muromachi-era Satsuma swordsmith Munetoshi (宗俊)
476
5
On the nagafukurin-tachi of the Kôyasan (高野山)
450
7
On the origins of Dewa no Daijô Kunimichi (出羽大掾国路) and his relation to the Mishina smiths #1
572
12
On the origins of Dewa no Daijô Kunimichi (出羽大掾国路) and his relation to the Mishina smiths #2
573
8
On the Ôshû swordsmith Tsunashige (綱重)
693
6
On the production site Miike and Miike Tenta Mitsuyo (三池典太光世)
574
5
On the Provenance of the meibutsu Ôgaki-Masamune
240
2
On the Sano Museum exhibition Nihontô – Kyô no Meishô – (Rai school)
518
1
On the Satsuma swordsmith family Nakamura (中村) and their sword order book #1
542
13
On the Satsuma swordsmith family Nakamura (中村) and their sword order book #2
543
12
On the Sendai smith Yodokawa Shigetoshi (淀川重利) (and Gassan Shigemune, 月山重宗) #1
670
10
On the Sendai smith Yodokawa Shigetoshi (淀川重利) (and Gassan Shigemune, 月山重宗) #2
685
5
On the Sendai swordsmith Tomotsune (倫常)
535
3
On the Sengoku-era smiths from Bitchû’s Matsuyama and Kakushu Castle
462
8
On the Shirakawa swordsmith Shigetsuna (重綱)
632
4
On the sketchbook Banpô Raizô (万宝来蔵) of the Awa kinkô artist Ozaki Yasuchika (尾崎保周)
531
3
On the Sôken Kishô
448
12
On the Sue-Bizen horimono-shi Matashirô
493
6
On the Sukesada (祐定) before Hikobei no Jô (彦兵衛尉)
450
4
On the sword offerings by Kôriki Takanaga (高力高長)
538
12
On the time of Koyama Munetsugu (固山宗次) as a Kuwana fief officer
540
9
On the time of Mutsu no Daijô Miyoshi Nagamichi’s (長道) receipt of his honorary title and his name change
588
6
On the use of ôdachi as seen in the Bukô Yawa (武功夜話)
568
2
On the various editions of the Arami Mei Zukushi
583
10
On yari by Koyama Bizen no Suke Munetsugu (固山備前介宗次)
522
2
Overview of the workmanship of the Enju and Samonji school 1/2
574
8
Overview of the workmanship of the Enju and Samonji school 2/2
575
6
Painting depicting the Patron Saint of swordsmiths
453
1
Present-day situation of Japanese swords in Germany and Europe (by Jesper von Sass)
372
2
Prices of kokuhô, jûyô-bunkazai, and jûyû-bijutsuhin
429
5
Proverbs and language concerning the Japanese sword
529
5
Questions on Kiyomaro’s (清麿) bukikô and the tradition of his move to Chôshû #1
594
14
Questions on Kiyomaro’s (清麿) bukikô and the tradition of his move to Chôshû #2
595
11
Questions on Kiyomaro’s (清麿) bukikô and the tradition of his move to Chôshû #3
596
18
Questions on Kiyomaro’s (清麿) bukikô and the tradition of his move to Chôshû #4
597
10
Radiochemical analysis of the origins of sword steels
662
3
Reading a signature on a katana by Kashû Iehira (家平)
671
12
Rehabilitation of the Mimasaka swordsmith Kanesaki (兼先)
507
2
Remembering the swordsmith Imaizumi Toshimitsu (今泉俊光)
469
2
Renovating temples and the culture of Japanese steel
632
7
Researching Kai-Mihara (貝三原)
507
13
Saidan or setsudan?
582
2
Sayings left by swordsmiths
659
2
Seiryûshi Kanetsugu (青龍子兼次) and Kanetsugu signing with the prefix “Enju”
520
8
Shichirô’emon no Jô Sukesada (七郎右衛門尉祐定) and his vicinity – Entering the shintô era of Sukesada
477
5
Shinkan Hiden Shô #5 (新刊秘伝抄)
196
3
Shirasaya for a jûmonji-yari
689
1
Sôma Daisaku and the swordsmiths of the Nanbu fief
650
10
Some thoughts on utsuri
470
3
Studies on a signed tantô of Bitchû Kunishige (国重) dated Eiroku 13 (1570) #1
532
8
Studies on a signed tantô of Bitchû Kunishige (国重) dated Eiroku 13 (1570) #2
533
9
Studies on a signed tantô of Bitchû Kunishige (国重) dated Eiroku 13 (1570) #3
534
10
Studies on a tantô signed “Bizen no Kuni Nagata no Shô Kunishige saku” and dated Eiroku 13 (1570) #6
384
4
Studies on Akasaka-tsuba #5
372
4
Studies on father and son Sendai Sôryûshi (雙龍子) (continuation 1)
578
5
Studies on father and son Sendai Sôryûshi (雙龍子) (continuation 2)
620
7
Studies on father and son Sendai Sôryûshi (雙龍子) (continuation 3)
631
4
Studies on father and son Sendai Sôryûshi (雙龍子) (continuation 4)
674
11
Studies on Katsumura Norikatsu (勝村徳勝) – Supplements
599
11
Studies on kotô Gassan Smiths
240
9
Studies on the kinkô Kunichika (国親) and Masachika (昌親)
589
11
Studies on the Kyôhô Shokoku Kaji Go Aratame
456
10
Studies on the meibutsu Tora-Goze (虎御前) of Takenaka Shigeharu #1
484
12
Studies on the meibutsu Tora-Goze (虎御前) of Takenaka Shigeharu #2
485
8
Studies on the Tairyûsai Sôkan student Hiroshige (寛重)
460
5
Studies on the Yagyû Seisôji Hon #2 (柳生清浄寺本)
240
5
smiths
Studies on Tôryûsai Kiyotoshi #6
240
4
Sudies on the Sôshû Tsunahiro (綱広) based on old documents from the Yamamura family #1
603
2
Sudies on the Sôshû Tsunahiro (綱広) based on old documents from the Yamamura family #2
604
6
Sudies on the Sôshû Tsunahiro (綱広) based on old documents from the Yamamura family #3
605
4
Sudies on the Sôshû Tsunahiro (綱広) based on old documents from the Yamamura family #4
606
3
Sudies on the Sôshû Tsunahiro (綱広) based on old documents from the Yamamura family #5
607
3
Sue-Bizen blades that mention the ages of the smiths in the mei
473
5
Sue-Bizen blades with gassaku-mei #1
502
7
Sue-Bizen blades with gassaku-mei #2
503
7
Sue-Bizen blades with monetary values added to the mei
470
4
Sue-Bizen yari and naginata
519
10
Sukehiro’s (助広) nickname Soboro
612
1
Sword appreciation for beginners
679
5
Sword mountings and dress code – Edo-bakufu officers and their dress code
685
8
Sword production supported by the feudalistic system – On the Edo-period Chikuzen swordsmiths
467
10
Sword publications from the early Edo period
689
8
Sword studies from abroad – On kantei and polishing
619
8
Swords and sword fittings as seen in the Minamoto Sadauji Mimibukuro (源貞氏耳袋)
657
14
Swords as seen in an old Korean legend featured in the Nihon Shoki
523
4
Swords by ex-emperor Gotoba
444
7
Swords by Gamô Sukenaga (蒲生助長) and accompanying documents from the Hon’ami family
625
10
Swords excavated on Hokkaidô
460
8
Swords of the Uesugi family #1 – A tachi of Hasebe Kuninobu (長谷部国信) and its koshirae
384
3
Swords of the Uesugi family #2
615
12
Swords of the Uesugi family #3
624
9
Swords, money, and the life of Edo commoners
598
6
Tameshigiri carried out by swordsmiths – With a focus on Suishinshi Masahide (水心子正秀)
683
7
The aesthetics of the curvature of the Japanese sword
647
6
The Aridôshi no miya (蟻通宮) motif on tsuba
695
3
The beloved tsuba of Ôishi Yoshio
457
1
The blade of the jûyô-bunkazai nagafukurin-tachi-koshirae preserved in the Tsutsukowake-jinja
645
3
The changes on the Oni-shoki motif (Shoki the Demon Queller) of Mito kinkô
698
3
The circumstances on the emergence of the Fukuoka-Ichimonji school in Osafune
459
3
The Compton Collection 1
469
5
The Compton Collection 2
471
4
The Compton Collection 3
474
4
The Compton Collection 7
679
7
The Compton Collection 8
688
8
The CV of Masao (真雄), Kiyomaro (清麿), and Kanetora (兼虎) #1
642
22
The CV of Masao (真雄), Kiyomaro (清麿), and Kanetora (兼虎) #2
643
25
The CV of Masao (真雄), Kiyomaro (清麿), and Kanetora (兼虎) #3
644
17
The diary of the Awa kinkô Morikawa Yasutada (守川保忠) when travelling on Shikoku
549
5
The differences between Osafune and Mino smiths from the point of view of their honorary titles
616
8
The differentiation of Yamashiro no Kami Kunikiyo (山城守国清) generations #1
651
17
The differentiation of Yamashiro no Kami Kunikiyo (山城守国清) generations #2
652
12
The differentiation of Yamashiro no Kami Kunikiyo (山城守国清) generations #3
653
9
The early mei of Gotô Mitsutaka (後藤光孝)
539
3
The Echigo swordsmith Gotô Masakage (五嶋正蔭)
447
2
The fascination of swords from daimyô collections
592
2
The forgotten traditional craft of tsukamaki
431
4
The formalization of kantei over time
516
8
The Gotô Ke Horimono Mekiki Saikin Shô #1 (後藤家彫物目利彩金鈔)
456
2
The Gotô Ke Horimono Mekiki Saikin Shô #2 (後藤家彫物目利彩金鈔)
457
7
The Gotô Ke Horimono Mekiki Saikin Shô #3 (後藤家彫物目利彩金鈔)
458
4
The Gotô Ke Horimono Mekiki Saikin Shô #4 (後藤家彫物目利彩金鈔)
459
5
The Hachinohe fief smith Seijôsai Muneari (精状斎宗有)
505
14
The Hachinohe fief’s Ogasawara swordsmith and Okukanji Yoshihiro (奥観寺吉広)
576
12
The history of the swordsmiths of the Tsugaru Hirosaki fief #1
663
14
The history of the swordsmiths of the Tsugaru Hirosaki fief #2
664
8
The Hôrai (蓬莱) motif
514
10
The Hôrai motif as seen in Kumano
556
3
The kinkô artist Saitô Yoshihiko (斎藤芳彦)
602
6
The kinkô artists of the artists’ village Kôetsumura 1/2
562
6
The kinkô artists of the artists’ village Kôetsumura 2/2
563
5
The kondô hirumaki-tachi preserved in the Sanage-jinja
469
4
The late years of Minamoto Kiyomaro (清麿) #1
579
12
The late years of Minamoto Kiyomaro (清麿) #2
580
12
The late years of Minamoto Kiyomaro (清麿) #3
581
10
The life of Honda Masashige and his beloved Kanetsugu with the kinzôgan-mei Toya-ire
636
9
The meibutsu Tenkyûwari-Kunimune
446
11
The movie Kokuchi Senbon Yari
561
2
The mystery of the ban on the print of the Kôsei Kotô Meikan
510
8
The Nakatomi (中臣) family of the Kashima Shrine and the swordsmith Numa Tôgenji (沼間藤源次)
463
7
The Nemoto Izumi no Kami Kunitora (根本和泉守国虎) lineage and its workmanship
430
6
The Nikkari-Aoe and the Kyôgoku family
594
4
The Nikkari-Aoe and the Kyôgoku family (continuation)
652
1
508
3
482
2
The passing of ningen-kouhô Hon’ami Nisshû
476
1
The problems with replicating ancient tachi
495
9
The publication Shika Sûyô (止戈枢要) #1
683
8
The publication Shika Sûyô (止戈枢要) #2
685
5
The publication Shika Sûyô (止戈枢要) #3
687
9
The reading of the characters “Nôshû” (濃州)
613
2
The Ôshû swordsmith Morinaga (盛命)
The overlong sayagaki of a mumei Naoe-Shizu that got jûyô at the
36th
jûyô-shinsa
The roots of the nihontô in the Ôshû swordsmiths
495
7
The Ryukyuan sword trade and Ryûkyû-tô no Uta from China
496
9
The samurai sword appraiser Utsunimoya Mikawa Nyûdô
479
6
The Sasa (佐々) family and their relation to the Japanese sword
579
2
The Sendai fief smith Banzai Kunitsugu (国次)
667
12
The Sendai swordsmith Yôzanmaru (葉山丸)
479
5
The Sendai swordsmith Yôzanmaru (葉山丸) (continuation)
623
3
The Shirakawa swordsmiths Ishidô Shigetsugu (石堂重次)
582
5
The Shirakawa-born swordsmith Koyama Munetsugu (固山宗次)
630
7
The starting point of my studies on Katsumura Norikatsu (勝村徳勝)
555
10
The sword in the visualization of buke ranks
687
11
The Sword of the Three Regalia
372
4
The sword register of the Nanbu family, the daimyô of the Hachinohe fief of Ôshû
649
17
The sword worn by Kimura Nagato no Kami Shigenari at the time of his death in battle
465
9
The swords of the Tokugawa Shitennô
601
6
The swordsmith Tachibana Enryûshi Kunihide (立花圓龍子国秀)
655
3
The swordsmiths and kinkô artists around Tokugawa Nariaki (Rekkô)
682
10
The tagane characteristics of the kiri crest applied by the Gotô school
493
2
The temporary production sites of Bizen Katsumitsu (勝光) and Munemitsu (宗光)
489
9
The Tôken Mei Zukushi from the Seikidô Library
460
3
The treasure swords of the Isonokami-jingû
517
9
The true character of the Shôchû Kotô Meikan (Unchi Meishû)
511
5
The Tsunakiri tachi (綱切り太刀) used at the vanguard of Ujigawa (and Masatsune [正恒] as listed in old
471
8
525
11
610
20
611
8
Thoughts on the Echigo-kinkô
450
2
Thoughts on the first and second generation horimono-shi Yoshinaga (吉長)
673
6
Thoughts on the Imperial Ceremony of handing-over the holy sword and the other regalia
384
1
Thoughts on the Kanemoto (兼元) blade nicknamed “Jakiri”
490
2
Thoughts on the mei of Katsumura Norikatsu #1/2 (勝村徳勝)
446
7
Thoughts on the mei of Katsumura Norikatsu #1/2 (勝村徳勝)
447
7
Thoughts on the meibutsu Jôgi (丈木)
513
15
Thoughts on the Mino-Senju’in school
452
8
Thoughts on the publication of the Sendai swordsmith genealogies #1
640
12
Thoughts on the publication of the Sendai swordsmith genealogies #2
641
11
Thoughts on the topography of Mihara
510
2
Thoughts on the workmanship of Katsumura Norikatsu #1/2 (勝村徳勝)
453
13
Thoughts on the workmanship of Katsumura Norikatsu #2/2 (勝村徳勝)
454
13
Three blades by Sukesada (祐定)
517
3
Tôsôgu Motif – Hebidoshi (巳年), Year of the Snake
240
1
sword publications)
The Uesugi family sword register
The year of the death of thr 1st gen. Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi and the changes in mei of the 2nd gen. 1/2
The year of the death of thr
1st
gen. Tanba no Kami Yoshimichi and the changes in mei of the
2nd
gen. 2/2
Tôsôgu Motif – Kochô no yume (胡蝶の夢), Dream of a Butterfly
196
1
Tôsôgu Motif – Kuginuki (釘抜き), Pincers
196
1
Tôsôgu motif of the auspicious plant omoto (万年青, Rohdea japonica)
444
4
Traces of Fujieda Tarô Teruyoshi (藤枝太郎英義)
658
12
Treasures of the Naritasan Shinshôji (成田山新勝寺)
428
5
Tsuba with sea bream (red snapper) bones motif
649
2
Two blades by Horikawa Kuninori (国徳)
608
4
Unknown facts on Toshitaka (寿隆), Masao (真雄), and Kiyomaro (清麿) #1
567
9
Unknown facts on Toshitaka (寿隆), Masao (真雄), and Kiyomaro (清麿) #2
568
11
Unknown facts on Toshitaka (寿隆), Masao (真雄), and Kiyomaro (清麿) #3
569
7
Visiting the Sano Museum exhibition Masamune – A Genius and His Lineage
543
1
Yasukuni sordsmith symposium 1
464
9
Yasukuni sordsmith symposium 2
465
8
Zaimei swords as found in the Jôzan Kidan #1 (常山紀談)
372
2