Results for the 6th NBSK Craftsmen's Competition 2015

Sword Making
The Keizai Sangyo Daijin Award (Minister of Economy,Trade and Industry)
KatanaShinano no kuni Hidehira
Heisei 27 nen haru
NBSK Chairman's Award
Tachi
Myochin Munehiro saku
Heisei 27 nen haru kichi jutsu
The Nagano Prefectural Governor's Award
KatanaYamato no kuniju Gassan Sadanobu Kinsaku (Kao)Heisei 27nen itsumi nen uzuki kisshobi
Gold Prize 1Gold Prize 2

Silver Prize 1

Silver Prize 2

Bronze prize 1

NyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenInvitation

Invitation

InvitationJudgeJudge

Judge

KatanaWakizashi

Tachi

KatanaKatanaWakizashi

Wakizashi

Tachi

Katana

Tanto

Tachi

Katana

Tachi

Tachi

KatanaKatanaCurvature 2.2 cm
Length 74.5 cm

NaganoKei Nezu

Curvature 2.8cm
Length 75.3 cm

Hyogo

Yusuke Myochin

Curvature 2.0 cm
Length 73.4cm

Nara

Ichiro Gassan

Shinano no kuni Kawachi Ippei
Heisei 27 nen haru

Curvature 2.2 cm
Length 73.7cm

NaganoIppei Kawachi

Teruhira

Curvature 1.4 cm
Length 57.8 cm

NaganoYozo Kamiyama

Curvature 2.2 cm
Length 76.6 cm

Hiroshima

Yoshihiro KuboMuroran ju Taneshige saku
Heisei 26 nen 9 gatsu kichi jitsu

Curvature 1.9 cm
Length 73.9 cm

Hokkaido

Naohiko Sasaki

Shinano ju Kiyonao kore wo tsukuru
Heisei 27 nen itsumi nen haru

Curvature 2.4 cm
Length 71.8 cm

NaganoTakashi Matsukawa

Sugiyama Masatoshi tsukuru
Heisei 26 nen aki

Curvature 0.7 cm
Length 36.7 cm

Tokushima

Toshio Sugiyama

Higo no kuni Kanemitsu saku
Hesei 27 nen hatsu haru

Curvature 0.3 cm
Length 33.8 cm

Kumamoto

Mitsuhiro Kimura

Masanari saku
Heisei 27 nen 3 gatsu

Curvature 2.6 cm
Length 72.7 cm

Gifu

Masaya Yoshida

Tame Shoson kimi Nidai Masamitsu saku kore
Heisei 27 nen 2 gatsu kichi jitsu

Curvature 1.8 cm
Length 73.5 cm

KagawaShin Fujisawa

Kishu Chikage
Heisei 27 nen Anzu saku koro

Curvature 0 cm
Length 21.0 cm

MieKenichiro Sumiya

Echigo no kuni ni oite Yoshimitsu Hori onajiku kore wo tukuru
Heisei 27 nen haru kichi jitu

Curvature 2.4 cm
Length 76.1 cm

TokyoYoshimitsu Ono(Maru ni umebachi mon)Ware konochi ni umare
Ima nani wo nasubekika Banshu Kamide Hiroyasu
Aki no kuni Mikami Sadanao Hori do saku kore
Heisei 26 nen kisaragi kichi jitsu

Curvature 2.0 cm
Length 74.4 cm

Hiroshima

Takanori Mikami

Yamato no kuniju Gassan Sadatoshi kinsaku (Kao)Heisei 26 nen 8 gatsu kichi jitsu

Curvature 2.6 cm
Length 58.3 cm

NaraKiyoshi Gassan

Musashiju Kuniie saku

Curvature 2.9 cm
Length 80.1 cm

Tokyo

Shoji Yoshihara

Curvature 2.6 cm
Length 74.5 cm

SaitamaMasahito Kawasaki

Curvature 2.6 cm
Length 75.4 cm

NaganoKei Miyairi

Yoshihiro

Akihira Kore

Miyairi Kozaemon Yukihira

Polishing Section
NBSK Chairman's Award
KatanaDoshu ni oite Yukihide tsukuru
Kaei3nen2gatsuhi
The Shinano Mainichi Shinbun Award
KatanaMumei (Ichimonji)Gold Prize 1Gold Prize 2Gold Prize 3Gold Prize 4Gold Prize 5

Silver Prize 1

Silver Prize 2

Silver Prize 3

Silver Prize 4

Silver Prize 5

Bronze Prize 1

Bronze Prize 2

Bronze Prize 3

Bronze Prize 5

NyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenKatanaKatana

Tachi

Tachi

Tachi

KatanaTachi

KatanaKatanaKatana

Tachi

Tachi

KatanaTachiWakizashi

Wakizashi

Wakizashi

TantoKatana

KatanaWakizashi

Curvature 1.8 cm
Length 70.6 cm

Kanagawa

Takahiro Ono

Curvature 2.3 cm
Length 70.0 cm

NiigataHajime Kurashima

Curvature 2.6 cm
Length 74.5 cm

Tokyo

Soichiro Abe

Curvature 1.3 cm
Length 69.9 cm

Kumamoto

Ikuo Masaumi□□ kuni Aoe ju Yoshitugu saku
Gentoku □ nen

Curvature 3.1 cm
Length 74.8 cm

Kyoto

Joji Tamaki

Mumei (Ko-ichimonji)

Curvature 2.5 cm
Length 67.4 cm

Fukui

Jiro Fujikawa

Curvature 2.1 cm
Length 72.4 cm

Saitama

Yuki Akita

Nagasone Okisato Nyudo Kotetsu
SaidanMei

Curvature 1.0 cm
Length 71.0 cm

SaitamaYuichi Sagara

Yukihira (Kinzogan-mei) (Hon'ami Koson Kao)

Curvature 1.9 cm
Length 73.9 cm

Saitama

Yoshimasa Mizuta

Curvature 2.4 cm
Length 69.6 cm

Saitama

Tetsutaro Morii

Curvature 1.9 cm
Length 66.6 cm

ToyamaTakeshi Hon'ami

Curvature 1.3 cm
Length 70.9 cm

Chiba

Kazuhiko Ogawa

Curvature 1.8 cm
Length 75.5 cm

Nara

Kazumichi Sekiyama

Kazusa Katsu-ura ju Ezawa Toshiharu saku
Shuku Kiju Sugano Takeharu ou Showa boshin nen 11 gatsu kichi jitsu

Curvature 3.0 cm
Length 74.0 cm

Chiba

Masaya Sugano

Norishige (Kinpun-mei)

Curvature 1.5 cm
Length 73.0 cm

Kanagawa

Tsunetsugu Watanabe

Curvature 2.2 cm
Length 76.6 cm

OkayamaTomonobu Yokoyama

Curvature 0.1 cm
Length 31.0 cm

U.K

Anthony Norman

Curvature 1.1 cm
Length 44.4 cm

Okayama

Mitsuharu Kawamura

Curvature 1.0 cm
Length 45.4 cm

Kumamoto

Hiroto Masaumi

Curvature 0 cm
Length 17.7 cm

MiyagiRyo Kunikami

Curvature 1.2 cm
Length 62.5 cm

Fukuoka

Kiyotake Matsuo

Curvature 1.3 cm
Length 70.4 cm

AomoriTakao Hosogoe

Curvature 0.9 cm
Length 43.2 cm

TokyoShinichi Oze

Akihira kore

Mumei (Nagayoshi)

SairenMumei (Niji-Kunitoshi)

Bizen no kuni ju Osafune Sukesada saku kore

Mumei (Nagayoshi)

Mumei (Senjuin)

Yoshihiro

Kanesaki saku

Echigo no kami Kanesada

Echigo no kami Kanesada

Mumei

Mumei

Mumei

Hankei

Invitation

Bizen no kuni ju Osafune Gorozaemon Kiyomitsu saku
Tenbun 23 nen 8 gatsu kichi jitsu

Curvature 0.2 cm
Length 67.5 cm

TottoriShikun Morii

Mumei

Curvature 1.8 cm
Length 73.5 cm

TokyoKenji Mishina

Ishu Nabarishi Taira no Motonao saku
Keio 3 udoshi 8 gatsu kichi tatsu

Curvature 2.0 cm
Length 68.6 cm

TokyoSetsu Takaiwa

Sadatoshi

Curvature 2.1 cm
Length 71.5 cm

Tokyo

Kazunori Abe

Curvature 0 cm
Length 24.2 cm

Tokyo

Hideo Yoshida

Miyairi Akihira saku
Showa 47 nen kikuzuki kichi jitsu

Curvature 2.0 cm
Length 76.6 cm

Tokyo

Koshu Hon'ami

Masamitsu

Curvature 1.8 cm
Length 70.0 cm

Kanagawa

Hakuryu Ono

Curvature 0.9 cm
Length 43.3 cm

SaitamaTakushi Sasaki

Ebisu Daikoku rusumoyo design tsuba

Tsuba

USAMarcus Chambers

Gold Prize 2

Iron ground, 8 bridge design sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Shizuoka

Yuki Fukuyo

Silver Prize 1

Shibuichi ground, with autumn grasses and birds designTsuba

Hokkaido

Katsuyoshi Osanai

Silver Prize 2snow－coveredTsuba

CanadaKevin Adams

Bronze Prize 1

Cloud design sukashi tsuba (Mosaku)

Tsuba

BrazilRemo Soza Nogueira

Bronze Prize 2

Iron ground, bukon musoubu un chokyu moji sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Shizuoka

Yoshiyuki Kawashima

NyusenTsuki ni uno zu iron tsuba

Tsuba

Czech

Roman Urban

NyusenShibuichi ground, frog and snake design tsuba

Tsuba

TokyoTakako Ijuin

NyusenIron ground Yagyu hishi sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Nara

Gensho Miyagawa

NyusenSuaka plum design sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Haruko Uragami

NyusenIron tsuba with inlaid butterfly designs

Tsuba

U.K

Ford Hallam

NyusenShinchu uchidashi kamakiri menuki

Menuki

Kanagawa

Matsuryu ikeda

NyusenYamagane ground, Ho Jingo Shigenaga large octopus design
Shinchu mokko-gata tsuba with high relief brass inlay

Tsuba

Tokyo

Noboru Kawakami

NyusenKagecho sukashi tetsu tsuba

Tsuba

Italy

Lorenzo Amati

JudgeConch shells design futatokoro-mono (Kogai/Menuki)

Futatokoro-monoTokyo

Koshiro Izumi

Shirasaya

Gifu

Takahiro MoriGold Prize 2

Shirasaya

Kanagawa

Atsuhiro Morii

Silver Prize 1

Shirasaya

Gifu

Kazuyuki Furukawa

NyusenShirasaya

Hyogo

Atsushi Tazawa

NyusenShirasaya

Gunma

Masao Ishikawa

Invitation

Invitation

Judge

Judge

Judge

Judge

Judge

KatanaKatanaKatana

Tachi

Tanto

Tachi

TachiWakizashi

Kunimune

Sano Yukihide (kao)Kaei 6 nen 2 gatsu hi

Toso Section【Tosogu】
Sakaki Mayor's Awardgrasses

andstream【Shirasaya】
NBSK Chairman's Award【Tsukamaki】

NyusenTeal colored jabaraito karame-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Kyoto

Shgeharu Hirai

NyusenGolden brown tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki o-katana tsukamae

Tsukamaki

USAKrupp Alex

NyusenBrown sazanami kumihimo tsumamiーmaki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Tokyo

Yoshiyuki Sasahara

Invitation

Brown gyushibo-gawa katate kasane-maki (tome-kumiage)

TsukamakiGunma

Hisao Okabe

Judge

Lacquered leather kumiage-maki

Tsukamaki

Gifu

Yasuo Toyama

Black lacquer aikuchi tanto koshirae

Saya-nuri

Niigata

Mitsuhide Koyama

Silver Prize 1

Suaka ground, gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Gunma

Yutaka Matsumoto

NyusenSuaka ground, gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Osaka

Yasuhiro Noguchi

Judge

Suaka ground, gold foil double habaki

HabakiTokyo

Hiroshi Miyajima

Judge

Suaka ground, gold foil double habaki

HabakiTokyo

Takeshi Miyashita

with black lacquere saya with gold maki-e Omodaka monKoshirae

KanagawaAtsuhiro Morii

Silver Prize 2

Uchi-gatana koshirae with a green lacquer saya

Koshirae

Gifu

Takahiro MoriJudge

Uchi-gatana koshirae, with a black and gold lacquer saya

Koshirae

Gunma

Naotoshi Kenmochi

KoshiraeTokyo

Kazuyuki Takayama【Saya-nuri】

Silver Prize 1【Shirogane】【Koshirae】
The Sakaki Village Board of Education Chairman’s Award
Aikuchi tanto koshirae,

and lacquered leather nuri-e tsuka
Judge

Aikuchi tanto koshirae,
in vermillion lacquer, with phoenix and foliage gold maki-e(Nyusen Invitation Judge accepted the order)