Results for the 10th NBSK Craftsmen’s Competition 2019

Sword Making・Sculpture Section【Sword Making】
The Keizai Sangyo Daijin Award(Minister of Economy,Trade and Industry)
KatanaShinano no kuni Kawachi Ippei
Heisei 31 nen haru

Length 74.7 ㎝
Curvature 2.3 ㎝

NaganoIppei Kawachi

Length 49.9 ㎝
Curvature 1.3 ㎝

Hyogo

Yusuke Myochin

Teruhira
Heisei 31 nen 3 gatsuhi

Length 73.0 ㎝
Curvature 2.5 ㎝

Okayama

Yozo Kamiyama

Shinano no kuni Hidehira
Heisei 31 nen 2 gatsuhi

Length 74.1 ㎝
Curvature 2.3 ㎝

NaganoKei NezuRyujin Taro Minamoto Sadashige hori dosaku(kao)Heisei 30 nen uzuki kichijitsu

Length 72.5 ㎝
Curvature 1.5 ㎝

Wakayama

Shigefumi Adachi

Yamato no kuni ju Gassan Sadanobu hori dosaku(kao)Heisei 31 nen haru kichijitsu

Length 73.1 ㎝
Curvature 2.3 ㎝

Nara

Ichiro Gassan

Masaya saku
Heisei 31 nen haru

Length 79.4 ㎝
Curvature 3.2 ㎝

Gifu

Masaya Yoshida

Munenaga
Heisei 30 nen 5 gatsuhi

Length 77.2 ㎝
Curvature 3.0 ㎝

MieShun Fujiwara

Okimitsu

Length 25.3 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

ShimaneHiroshi Hara

Yamato no kuni ju Gassan Sadatoshi kinsaku(kao)Heisei 30 nen 12 gatsu kichijitsu

Length 72.0 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

NaraKiyoshi Gassan

Mikami Sadanao kore o tsukuru

Length 24.6 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

Hiroshima

Takanori Mikami

Akihira kore
Heisei mizunoe-tatsu doshi kinshu

Length 75.3 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

SaitamaMasahito Kawasaki

Miyairi kozaemon Yukihira

Length 82.5 ㎝
Curvature 2.8 ㎝

NaganoKei Miyairi

Length 52.8 ㎝
Curvature 1.2 ㎝

TokyoMitsuo Yoshikawa

Length 26.4 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝Tokyo

Shoji Yoshihara

The Nagano Prefectural Governor’s Award
Wakizashi
Myochin MunehiroGold Prize (1st place)

Gold Prize (2nd place)

Gold Prize (3rd place)

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

Achievement Award

Invitation

Invitation

Judge

Judge

Judge

Judge

KatanaKatanaKatanaKatana

Tachi

Tachi

Tanto

KatanaTanto

KatanaKatanaWakizashi

Tanto

Toto junin Yoshimitsu saku noMusashi ju Kuniie saku

Sculpture
NBSK Chairman’s Award
Meoto ryu
Hachidairyuo shingon(bonji)

OkayamaMunenori Kinoshita

Saitama

Yoshimasa Mizuta

Curvature 1.6 ㎝

ToyamaTakeshi Hon’ami

Length 72.4 ㎝
Curvature 1.7 ㎝

TokyoSoichiro Abe

Length 35.2 ㎝
Curvature 0.4 ㎝

Niigata

Hitoshi Kurashima

Kanbayashi Tsunehira saku
Showa teishi nen haru kichijitsu

Length 72.4 ㎝
Curvature 1.8 ㎝

MiyagiRyo Kunikami

Shinano no kuni junin Hidehira
Tame Ishikawa Kenichi sensei
heisei 30 nen chushu

Length 72.8 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

Fukui

Jiro Fujikawa

Kozaemon Yukihira
Heisei 29 nen uzuki

Length 27.2 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

NaganoFumitaka Akasaka

KanemotoLength 69.1 ㎝
Curvature 1.4 ㎝

SaitamaTakushi Sasaki

Kyotei Seigai Hazama sensei
Oite Nagato no kuni Masayuki sei

Length 29.9 ㎝
Curvature 0.3 ㎝

Tokyo

Kazunori Abe

Nagasone Okimasa kore o tsukuru
Enpo 4 nen 8 gatsu kichijitsu

Length 14.6 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

Kanagawa

Nagamasa Ikeda

Musashi ju Kuniie saku

Length 26.4 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

TokyoSetsuo Takaiwa

Miyairi Akihira saku
Showa 47 nen kikutsuki kichijitsu

Length 76.6 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

TokyoKoshu Hon’ami

Miyairi Kozaemon Yukihira
Heisei 23 nen chushu

Length 69.1 ㎝
Curvature 1.5 ㎝

TokyoKenji Mishina

Kunimune

Length 69.5 ㎝
Curvature 1.6 ㎝

Kanagawa

Tsunetsugu Watanabe

Polishing Section
The Monbu Kagaku Daijin Award(Minister of Culture,Sports,Science and Technology)
NBSK Chairman’s Award
KatanaMumei(Den Aoe)

The Shinano Mainichi Shimbun Award
KatanaG0ld Prize (1st place)G0ld Prize (2nd place)

Silver Prize (1st place)

Silver Prize (2nd place)Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Invitation

Judge

Judge

Judge

Judge

Judge

Judge

KatanaWakizashi

KatanaKatanaTanto

KatanaTanto

YariTantoTachi

KatanaSanjo kokaji Munechika 25 dai mago
Hizen no kuni Tadayoshi
Kanei 2 nen shogatsu 15 nichi jonai kun
onmae nioite kore o tsukuru gyonen 61 sai
Echigo no kami Fujiwara Kunitomo

Mumei(Sadamune)

KatanaLength 71.6 ㎝
Curvature 1.8 ㎝

Length 68.5 ㎝

Toso Section【Tosogu】
NBSK Chairman’s Award

Tetsuji Yatsuhashi sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Shizuoka

Yuki FukuyoGold Prize (2nd place)

Suakaji shakudo fukurin amida yasuri hiashi zu tsuba

Tsuba

TokyoNoboru Kawakami

Silver Prize (1st place)

Tetsuji senki moji sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Jeff Broderick

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Kuromidoji ojiinari no kitsunebi no zu tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Takako Ijuin

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Unkinzu menuki

MenukiTokyoHaruko Urakami

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Odoji budo tana zu tsuba

Tsuba

Hokkaido

Katsuyoshi Osanai

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Tetsuji hasu ni kawasemi no zu tsuba

Tsuba

Saitama

Hidehito Onda

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Tetsuji momiji ni sakura no zu tsuba

Tsuba

Germany

Christoph Kopp

InvitationTetsuji rairyu sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

TokyoKoshiro Izumi

JudgeAwaho kanagu

KanaguTokyoMorihito Katsura【Shirogane】
The Sakaki Town Board of Education Chairman’s Award
Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Gumma

Yutaka MatsumotoGold Prize (2nd place)

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Gifu

Minoru Hirata

Silver Prize (1st place)

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Gifu

Hideaki Sugiyama

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

OsakaYasuhiro Noguchi

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Pure silver ground,single habaki

Habaki

Kyoto

Yasunori Matsukawa

Judge

Suaka ground,gold foil double Owari habaki

HabakiTokyoHiroshi Miyajima【Shirasaya】
Sakaki Mayor’s Award

Shirasaya

Gifu

Kazuyuki Furukawa

Silver Prize (1st place)

Shirasaya

Kanagawa

Atsuhiro Morii

Invitation

Shirasaya

Gifu

Masaharu Mori

Judge

Shirasaya

Gifu

Takahiro Mori

【Tsukamaki】
Gold Prize (1st place)

ki turubamiiro tsunegumi ito morotsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Gifu

Kazuyasu Toyama

Silver Prize (1st place)

Uguisu iro jabara ito izutsu kumiage-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Kyoto

Shigeharu Hirai

Judge

Unohana iro kotoito kumiage karami-maki urushinuritsukamae

TsukamakiGumma

Hisao Okabe

【Saya-nuri】

Gold Prize (1st place)
Negoro-nuri tensho koshirae

Niigata

Mitsuhide Koyama

Invitation

Ginso kofun tachi koshiraeTokyoKazuyuki Takayama

Judge

Kurourushi nuri togidashizame Higo koshirae

Gumma

Naotoshi Kemmochi【Koshirae】(Nyusen Invitation Judge syllabary order)【Special exhibition】【Sword Making】
Out of judge

KatanaShinano no kuni junin Hidehira
Tame Ishikawa Kenichi sensei heisei 30 nen chushu

Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Length 72.8 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

4th Special public section“Sword Oshigata Art”
Yushusho 1

Yushusho 2

Yushusho 3

Yushusho 4JudgeKatana

KatanaTachi

OtachiWakizashi

Echigo no kami Fujiwara Kunitomo

Tamba no kami Yoshimichi

Bishu Osafune Tomomitsu
Oan 4 nen 3 gatsuhi

Length 72.4 ㎝
Curvature 1.7 ㎝

TokyoSoichiro Abe

Length 71.1 ㎝
Curvature 1.8 ㎝

Miyagi

Hirotaka Miura

NaganoYusuke Nagatsu

Length 74.1 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

Bizen no kuni Osafune junin Yokoyama
Kozuke daijo Fujiwara Sukesada
Tokoku Ichinomiya daimyojin ni oite kishintatematsuru mono nari Kanbun heigo nen
shogatsu 19 nichi

Length 120.3 ㎝
Curvature 3.0 ㎝

Okayama

Sumio Kataoka

Sa Yukihide
Ansei 6 nen 8 gatsu kichijitsu

Length 36.1 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

TokyoKazunori Abe