Results for the 14th NBSK Craftsmen’s Competition 2024

Sword Making・Sculpture Section【Sword Making】

The Mombu Kagaku Daijin Award(Minister of Education,Culture,Sports,Science and Technology)
The Keizai Sangyo Daijin Award(Minister of Economy,Trade and Industry)
KatanaYamato no kuni ju Gassan Sadanobu kinsaku (kao)Length 72.8 ㎝
Reiwa 6 nen
Curvature 2.3 ㎝

NaraIchiro Gassan

Length 75.5 ㎝
Curvature 2.5 ㎝

NaganoYoh Miyairi

Length 74.2 ㎝
Curvature 2.3 ㎝

Okayama

Yozo Kamiyama

Myochin Munehiro
Reiwa 6 nen haru kichijitsu

Length 77.1 ㎝Curvature 3.0 ㎝

Hyogo

Yusuke Myochin

Shinano no kuni Kawachi Ippei

Length 73.8 ㎝
Curvature 2.3 ㎝

NaganoIppei Kawachi

Hidehira
Reiwa kinoetatsu nen syogatsu

Length 76.6 ㎝
Curvature 2.8 ㎝

NaganoKei Nezu

Amayuki Bitchu ju Yoshimasa saku
Reiwa 6 nen shoshun kisshojitsu

Length 76.6 ㎝
Curvature 1.9 ㎝

Okayama

Keiichiro Tomioka

Masaya saku
Reiwa 5 nen haru

Length 79.8 ㎝
Curvature 3.5 ㎝

Gifu

Masaya Yoshida

Bizen koku ju Osafune Sukemitsu
Reiwa 6 nen 1 gatsu kisshojitsuLength 79.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.3 ㎝

Okayama

Mitsuhide MoriKiyoakiBungo battokai roku no kitae Reiwa 5 nen satsuki

Length 71.2 ㎝
Curvature 1.7 ㎝

Oita

Komei Niina

Yamato koku ju Gassan Sadatoshi kinsaku (kao)
Reiwa 5 nen 10 gatsu kichijitsu

Length 57.9 ㎝
Curvature 1.6 ㎝

NaraKiyoshi Gassan

Kyushu bungo no san Akihira saku
Reiwa kinoetatsu doshi 2 gatsu kichijitsu
narau Yamambakiri

Length 70.6 ㎝
Curvature 2.8 ㎝

SaitamaMasahito Kawasaki

Yoshihiro

Length 69.8 ㎝
Curvature 1.8 ㎝

Hiroshima

Yoshihiro Kubo

Length 75.8 ㎝
Curvature 2.6 ㎝

NaganoKei Miyairi

Mikami Sadanao kore wo tsukuru
Reiwa 6 nen soshun kichijitsu

Length 26.0 ㎝
Curvature 0.1 ㎝

Hiroshima

Takanori Mikami

Toto junin Yoshimitsu saku noReiwa 6 nen haru kichijitsu

Length 54.3 ㎝
Curvature 1.6 ㎝

TokyoMitsuo Yoshikawa

NBSK Chairman’s Award
KatanaMiyairi Yo saku kore

The Nagano Prefectural Governor’s Award
KatanaTeruhira

Gold Prize (1st place)

Gold Prize (ndt place)

Gold Prize (3rd place)

Silver Prize (1rd place)Bronze Prize (1st place)Bronze Prize (2nd place)Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Invitation

Invitation

Invitation

Invitation

JudgeJudge

Tachi

KatanaTachi

Katana

Tachi

Tachi

KatanaWakizashi

KatanaTachi

KatanaTanto

Wakizashi

Miyairi Kozaemon Yukihira

Polishing Section
The Kanko cho chokan Award(Commissioner of Tourism Agency)
KatanaTeruhira

Length 74.2 ㎝
Curvature 2.3 ㎝

TokyoSoichiro Abe

Length 75.2 ㎝
Curvature 1.2 ㎝

Kanagawa

Yuichi Sagara

Bunkyu gannen 8 gatsu kichijitsu
Kubota Muneaki saku
Oju Oyama Sakae Fujiwara Hisahide

Length 72.1 ㎝Curvature 1.8 ㎝

Miyagi

Hirotaka Miura

Oite Edo Unshu ju Naganobu saku

Length 65.1 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

Saitama

Yoshimasa Mizuta(Kikumon) Ichimonji Yamashiro no kami
Fujiwara no Kunikiyo

Length 75.1 ㎝
Curvature 1.5 ㎝

Fukui

Jiro Fujikawa

Oite Buzenkoku seiryu Imagawahan
Sano Kunimitsu
Mizunoene nen 8 gatsu Yamakawashi nomotomeni oujite korewo tsukuru

Length 75.5 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

TokyoHiroaki Kaneko

Kashu ju Fujiwara no Ietada(Kinzoganmei) Hachimandai no dodan iri

Length 45.5 ㎝Curvature 1.0 ㎝

Ishikawa

Dotta Davide

Miyairi Akihira saku
Showa 47 nen kikuzuki kichijitsu

Length 76.6 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

TokyoKoshu Hon’ami

Kozaemon Yukihira

Length 39.4 ㎝
Curvature 0.6 ㎝

TokyoKazunori Abe

Kaga no kuni ju Masamine Sanryutei
ni oite kore wo tsukuru shihi kamakuraki
ichimonjijyo wo tadayou
Syowa hinoeuma nen 2 gatsu

Length 79.6 ㎝
Curvature 3.6 ㎝

Kyoto

Joji Tamaki

Kanefusa

Length 69.9 ㎝
Curvature 1.8 ㎝

Shizuoka

Komyo Hagi

Length 61.2 ㎝
Curvature 2.1 ㎝

KanagawaTsunetsugu Watanabe

NBSK Chairman’s Award
KatanaNoshu Kaneuji

The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun AwardKatana

Gold Prize (1st place)

Silver Prize (1st place)Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Invitation

Judge

KatanaKatanaKatanaWakizashi

Tachi

Wakizashi

Judge

Tachi

Judge

KatanaJudge

KatanaBizen koku ju Osafune Jirozaemon no jo
Katsumitsu
Daiei 6 nen 8 gatsu kichijitsu

Toso Section【Tosogu】
The Sakaki Town Board of Education Chairman’s Award
Tetsuji namako sukashi koboku zogan

tsubaTsubaKumamoto

Kentaro inadaGold Prize (2nd place)

Sentokuji kasanebishi hitotsutomoe sukashi nagamaru
gata syakudo fukurin tsuba

Tsuba

TokyoNoboru Kawakami

Gold Prize (3rd place)

Shibuichiji toryumon zu tsukamaki buwari 4 bu 5 rin
menukiMenuki

Kanagawa

Hitoyoshi Yamashita

Silver Prize (1st place)Toso soroi kanagu

KanaguUnited Kingdom
Ford Hallam

Silver Prize (2nd place)

Shibuichi ji Ezo jimbutsu gyoro zu tsuba

Tsuba

Hokkaido

Katsuyoshi Osanai

Silver Prize (3rd place)

Odoji kunenbo zu tsuba

Tsuba

United States of America
Marcus ChambersBronze Prize (1st place)

Tetsuji toka sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

TokyoJeff BRODERICK

Bronze Prize (2nd place)

Doji chikko zu

Tsuba

Niigata

Mitsuki Shibuya

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Kuromidoji take ni tora zu kozuka

KozukaOsakaKiyomasa Sakai

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Suakaji ume menuki

Menuki

Ibaraki

Izumi Takasaki

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Suaka syakudo gin mokumegane mojizu tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Masaoki Yamaguchi

Judge

Doji shigure kari zu kozuka

KozukaTokyoKoshiro Izumi

Judge

Syakudoji mubyosokusai kozuka

KozukaTokyoMorihito Katsuratsuba【Shirogane】
Gold Prize (1st place)

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

HabakiGunma

Yutaka MatsumotoGold Prize (2nd place)

Suaka ground,gold uwagai foil asanohamon
sitagai ground,copper double habaki

Habaki

Gifu

Hideaki Sugiyama

Silver Prize (1st place)

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Kyoto

Yasunori Matsukawa【Shirasaya】
Gold Prize (1st place)

Shirasaya

Gifu

Kazuyuki Furukawa

Gold Prize (2nd place)

Shirasaya

Hyogo

Atsushi Tazawa

Silver Prize (1st place)

Shirasaya

OkayamaHinano Sato

Silver Prize (2nd place)

Shirasaya

TokyoYoshiyuki Ohira

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Shirasaya

Hyogo

Naoya Hirayama

JudgeShirasaya

Gifu

Takahiro Mori

【Tsukamaki】
NBSK Chairman’s Award

Matsubairo kusubekawa moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Gifu

Kazuyasu ToyamaGold Prize (2nd place)

Koniro tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Kanagawa

Naoya Hirayama

Gold Prize (3nd place)tetsu koniro tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Kanagawa

Hitoyoshi Yamashita

Silver Prize (1st place)

Koniro tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Shizuoka

Yutaka Inoue

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Kuriiro tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Ibaraki

Yuko Kigasawa

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Kintyairo tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Tokyo

Tsutomu Kuroda

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Kuriiro jabara-ito hishime-kumiage tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Osaka

Chiharu Sada

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Fukamidoriiro tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Hyogo

Yuki TakedaNyusen(Recognition prize)

Tetsunandoiro ori-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Kyoto

Shigeharu Hirai

Invitation

Aigawa kumiage-maki daito tsukamae

TsukamakiGunma

Hisao Okabe

Kurourushi nuri tensho koshirae

Niigata

Mitsuhide Koyama

Silver Prize (1st place)

Kurourushi nuri budo makie saya aikuchi koshirae

OkayamaHinano Sato

Invitation

Shuurushi nuri togidashi same momiji chirashi uchigatana koshiraeTokyoKazuyuki Takayama

Judge

Kuroroiro nuri saya kawamakizuka jidaifu

Gunma

Naotoshi Kemmochi【Saya-nuri】
Sakaki Mayor’s Award【Koshirae】

uchigatana koshirae【Special exhibition】

8th Special public section“Sword Oshigata Art”
Yushusho 1

Yushusho 2

Yushusho 3

Yushusho 4

Yushusho 5

KasakuKasakuNyusenNyusenNyusenKatanaWakizashi

Wakizashi

Wakizashi

KatanaTanto

Katana

Yari

Tanto

Tanto

Mumei(Aoe)

Length 70.9 ㎝
Curvature 1.6 ㎝

NaganoYusuke Nagatsu

Rikuchu koku ju Kiyofusa saku
Showa boshin doshi 8 gatsuhi

Length 39.5 ㎝
Curvature 0.3 ㎝

Miyagi

Hirotaka Miura(Kikumon) Iga no kami Kinmichi
Nihon kaji sosyo

Length 52.5 ㎝
Curvature 1.5 ㎝

Gunma

Hiromi Yoshino

Harima no kami Fujiwara Kunikiyo

Length 55.4 ㎝
Curvature 1.4 ㎝

ToyamaNaoko Kanno

Length 67.4 ㎝
Curvature 1.4 ㎝

NaganoYoko shimomura

Length 22.1 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

ToyamaYasunori Sawada

Length 71.8 ㎝
Curvature 2.1 ㎝

NaganoToshinao Takahashi

Oite Bizen koku Yoshimitsu hori dosaku
Heisei 23 nen 8 gatsu kichijitsu

Length 40.8 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

SaitamaShunpei Kutsuma

Mutsu no kami Omichi saku
Tensyo 4 nen 7 gatsu kichijitsuLength 26.9 ㎝
Curvature 0.15 ㎝

Fukushima

Shinkuro Sakai

Uda Kunimune

Length 18.6 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

Ibaraki

Haruka Masuda

Chikuzen koku Fukuoka ju Moritsugu

Kunitsugu

Sukemune saku