Results for the 8th NBSK Craftsmen’s Competition 2017

Sword Making
The Keizai Sangyo Daijin Award(Minister of Economy,Trade and Industry)
KatanaTeruhira
Heisei 29 nen 3 gatsuhi
NBSK Chairman’s Award
Tachi
Yoshihiro

G0ld Prize 1

G0ld Prize 2G0ld Prize 3

Silver Prize 1

Silver Prize 2

Bronze Prize 1

NyusenNyusenInvitation

Invitation

Invitation

Judge

Judge

Judge

Tachi

KatanaKatanaKatanaKatanaTachi

Wakizashi

KatanaKatanaKodachi

KatanaWakizashi

KatanaKatanaLength 72.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.1 ㎝

Okayama

Yozo Kamiyama

Length 77.2 ㎝Curvature 2.5 ㎝

Hiroshima

Yoshihiro Kubo

Myochin Munehiro
Heisei 29 nen haru

Length 77.6 ㎝
Curvature 3.2 ㎝

HyogoYusuke Myochin

Shinano no kuni junin Hidehira
Heisei 29 nen haru

Length 75.0 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

NaganoKei Nezu

Shinano no kuni Kawachi Ippei
Heisei 29 nen haru

Length 74.2 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

NaganoIppei Kawachi

Muroran ju Taneshige saku
Heisei 28 nen 10 gatsu kichijitsu

Length 71.6 ㎝
Curvature 1.9 ㎝

Hokkaido

Naohiko Sasaki

Shinano ju Kiyonao saku kore
Heisei 29 nen hinoto tori haru kichijitsu

Length 72.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

NaganoTakashi Matsukawa

Hirotsugu saku
Heisei hinoto tori nen haru

Length 75.3 ㎝
Curvature 2.8 ㎝

OkayamaKoji Manzoku

Hachioji ju shigetoshi
Heisei 28 nen 8 gatsuhi

Length 32.4 ㎝
Curvature 0.5 ㎝

TokyoToshimi Sato

Masaya saku
Heisei 29 nen haru

Length 71.1 ㎝
Curvature 2.1 ㎝

Gifu

Masaya Yoshida

Yamato koku ju
Gassan Sadatoshi hori dosaku (kao)Length 73.0 ㎝
Curvature 2.3 ㎝

NaraKiyoshi Gassan

AkihiraHeisei 29 nen uzuki kichijitsu
Yamakage Donkai ou no motomeni ouzuru

Length 59.2 ㎝
SaitamaMasahito Kawasaki

Hiroshima

Takanori Mikami

Length 53.1 ㎝
Curvature 1.4 ㎝

NaganoKei Miyairi

Oite Echigo koku Yoshimitsu sakuno
Heisei 29 nen haru kichijitsu

Length 71.8 ㎝
Curvature 2.3 ㎝

TokyoMitsuo Yoshikawa

Musashi ju Kuniie saku

Length 71.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

Tokyo

Shoji Yoshihara

Curvature 1.5 ㎝

Aki no kuni Mikami Sadanao hori onajikushite Length 81.0 ㎝
koreo tsukuru(Kao)Heisei 28 nen 7 gatsu kissyoubi
Curvature 2.0 ㎝
Miyairi Kozaemon Yukihira

Sculpture Section
The Nagano Prefectural Governor’s Award
Tamaoi ryu
Bonji Namu hachidai ryuo （mojibori)OkayamaMunenori Kinoshita

NyusenOkayama

Ko Katayama

Length 69.8 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

Saitama

Tetsutaro Morii

Length 73.9 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

Kyoto

Joji Tamaki

Length 25.0 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

Tokyo

Masao Hon’ami

Ko (uryu) touryuzu

Polishing Section
NBSK Chairman’s Award
Tachi

Moritsugu

The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun AwardTachi
Masatsune

G0ld Prize 1

G0ld Prize 2G0ld Prize 3G0ld Prize 4G0ld Prize 5G0ld Prize 6

Silver Prize 1

Silver Prize 2

Silver Prize 3

Bronze Prize 1Bronze Prize 2

NyusenNyusenNyusenInvitation

Invitation

Judge

Judge

Tanto

Kodachi

KatanaKatanaKatanaKatanaKatanaKatanaKatanaTachi

KatanaWakizashi

KatanaKatana

Tachi

Tanto

Tanto

KatanaMumei(Masamune)

AkihiraHeisei 29 nen uzuki kichijitsu
Yamakage Donkai ou no motomeni ouzuru

Length59.2 ㎝
Curvature 1.5 ㎝

TokyoSoichiro Abe

Katsurao sanroku ju Akihira
Kigen 2602 nen 10 gatsuhi

Length 67.7 ㎝
Curvature 2.1 ㎝

ToyamaTakeshi Hon’ami

Mumei(Kanemitsu)

Length 71.9 ㎝
Curvature 1.8 ㎝

Niigata

Hitoshi Kurashima

Length 68.6 ㎝
Curvature 1.0 ㎝

Chiba

Masaya Sugano

Length 74.4 ㎝
Curvature 1.0 ㎝

Fukui

Jiro Fujikawa

Sagami no kami Fujiwara Kaneyasu
Noshu Seki no ju

Length 69.8 ㎝
Curvature 1.7 ㎝

Kanagawa

Takahiro Ono

Bizen no suke Fujiwara Munetsugu
Keio 3 nen 2 gatsuhi

Length 79.8 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

Chiba

Kazuhiko Ogawa

Yokoyama Kaga no suke Fujiwara Sukenaga
Bishu Osafune juninLength 76.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.1 ㎝

TokyoYoshitsugu Yonekawa

Hirotsugu saku
Heisei hinoto tori nen haru

Length 75.3 ㎝
Curvature 2.8 ㎝

NaraKazumichi Sekiyama

Mumei(Den Norishige)

Length 66.6 ㎝
Curvature 1.6 ㎝

Saitama

Yoshimasa Mizuta

Length 53.4 ㎝
Curvature 1.8 ㎝

Chiba

Hajime Takeuchi

Length 71.2 ㎝
Curvature 1.0 ㎝

Kumamoto

Ikuo Masaumi

Length 78.2 ㎝
Curvature 1.2 ㎝

Fukuoka

Kiyotake Matsuo

Kurihara Kenji Nobuhide
Manen gan nen 8 gatsuhi

Length 62.4 ㎝
Curvature 0.9 ㎝

Kanagawa

Nagamasa Ikeda

Houki no kuni Fujiwara Yoshiyuki
Keio 4 nen 2 gatsuhi

Length 28.8 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

Tottori

Shikun Morii

Minamoto no Masayuki
Koka 2 nen 8 gatsu

Length 20.2 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

TokyoKazunori Abe

Musashi ju Kuniie saku

Length 71.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

TokyoSetsuo Takaiwa

Kawachi no kami Kunisuke

Fujiwara Masahiro

Mumei(Den Monju)

Hizen no kuni ju Fujiwara Tadahiro

Mumei(Den Kashu Sanekage)JudgeTantoBishu Osafune Nagayoshi
Oan □ nen 2 gatsuhi

Length 30.7 ㎝
Curvature 0.6 ㎝

Tokyo

Koshu Hon’ami

Toso Section【Tosogu】
The Sakaki Town Board of Education Chairman’s Award
Tetsuji Mukudori Tonbo no zu tsuba

Tsuba

CanadaKevin Adams

G0ld Prize 2

Tetsuji Yatsuhashi sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Shizuoka

Yuki Fukuyo

Silver Prize 1

Shibuichiji Ezo jinbutsuzu tsuba

Tsuba

Hokkaido

Katsuyoshi Osanai

Silver Prize 2

Shodai Hikozo utsushi Kuromidoji marugata
shakudo fukurin kokirikabu Hiashi zu tsuba

Tsuba

TokyoNoboru Kawakami

Bronze Prize 1

Tetsuji Ashi sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

ChibaNarumichi Ishii

NyusenSuakaji UmetadaKashiwagimon Utsushi tsuba

Tsuba

Kanagawa

Shoryu Ikeda

NyusenUsagi・Nami ni Tsuki zu menuki

MenukiTokyoHaruko Urakami

NyusenMatsu Tsuru Kame zu Kuromido tsuba

Tsuba

Saitama

Hidehito Onda

NyusenTetsuji Kikyomon sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

UKGraham Hanley

NyusenSuzume no zu do tokin menuki

MenukiTokyo

Kyoka Kobayashi

NyusenTetsuji sayu Efugo no zu sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Nara

Gensho Miyagawa

Invitation

Inome sukashi nawame koboku zogan tetsu tsubaTsubaTokyo

Koshiro Izumi

Sakaki Mayor’s Award

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Gumma

Yutaka MatsumotoG0ld Prize 2

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Gifu

Minoru Hirata

Silver Prize 1

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Gifu

Hideaki Sugiyama

NyusenSuaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

OsakaYasuhiro Noguchi

Judge

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

HabakiTokyo

Takeshi Miyashita

Judge

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

HabakiTokyoHiroshi Miyajima

NBSK Chairman’s Award

Shirasaya

Gifu

Takahiro MoriG0ld Prize 2

Shirasaya

Kanagawa

Atsuhiro Morii

Silver Prize 1

Shirasaya

Gifu

Kazuyuki Furukawa

NyusenShirasaya

Gumma

Masao Ishikawa【Shirogane】【Shirasaya】

【Tsukamaki】
G0ld Prize 1

Ohaguro jabaraito karami kumiage-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

TokyoYoshiyuki Sasahara

Silver Prize 1

Nandoiro jabaraito kumiage-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Kyoto

Shigeharu Hirai

NyusenMatchairo tsunegumiito katahineri-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

USAKrupp Alex

NyusenChairo tsunegumiito moro hineri-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

TokyoTsutomu Kuroda

Judge

Aigawamaki tensho tsukamae

TsukamakiGumma

Hisao Okabe

Silver Prize 1

Shunuri inro kizamizaya Aikuchi tanto koshirae

Saya-nuri

Niigata

Mitsuhide Koyama

NyusenKuroroiro nuri Aikuchi koshirae

Saya-nuri

TokyoMichael Cummins

Kurourushi nuri maru ni chigai takanoha-monmakie Uchikatana koshirae

Koshirae

Kanagawa

Atsuhiro Morii

Bronze Prize 1

Kogecha urushinuri kairagi samekise Aikuchi koshirae

Koshirae

FukuokaToshiro Kuwano

JudgeUrumi nuri saya jabaramaki tsuka wakizashi koshirae

Koshirae

Gumma

Naotoshi Kemmochi

Judge

Kurourushi nuri Uchikatana koshirae

Koshirae

TokyoKazuyuki Takayama【Saya-nuri】【Koshirae】
Silver Prize 1(Nyusen Invitation Judge syllabary order)