Results for the 7th NBSK Craftsmen's Competition 2016

Sword Making
The Keizai Sangyo Daijin Award (Minister of Economy,Trade and Industry)
KatanaMyochin Munehiro saku
Heisei 28 nen haru
NBSK Chairman's Award
KatanaTeruhira
Heisei 28 nen san gatsuhi
The Nagano Prefectural Governor's Award
Tachi
YoshihiroGold Prize 1Gold Prize 2

Silver Prize 1

Bronze Prize1

NyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenInvitation

Invitation

Invitation

Judge

Judge

Judge

KatanaKatanaKatanaKatanaTanto

Katana

Tachi

Tanto

Tanto

Tachi

KatanaKatanaWakizashi

Tachi

TantoTachi

Curvature 2.6 cm
Length 77.0 cm

Hyogo

Yusuke Myochin

Curvature 2.4cm
Length 73.4 cm

NaganoYozo Kamiyama

Curvature 2.4 cm
Length 77.5cm

Hiroshima

Yoshihiro Kubo

Shinano no kuni Hidehira
Heisei 28 nen haru

Curvature 2.4 cm
Length 75.5cm

NaganoKei Nezu

Shinano no kuni Kawachi Ippei
Heisei 28 nen haru

Curvature 2.4 cm
Length 75.2 cm

NaganoIppei Kawachi

Yamatonokuni ni oite Nose Sadaaki hori dousaku
Heisei 28nen sangatsu kichijitsu

Curvature 2.2 cm
Length 71.0 cm

Nara

Katsuyoshi NoseHirotsugu saku
Heisei hinoe saru toshi

Curvature 2.8 cm
Length 74.7 cm

OkayamaKoji Manzoku

Motte minami Africa satetsu Kainokuni Shigemitsu saku
Heisei 27 kinoto hitsuji nen aki

Curvature -0.1 cm
Length 25.1 cm

Yamanashi

Shigemitsu Ito

Nijurokudai Fujiwara Kanefusa saku
Heisei 28 nen haru

Curvature 2.2 cm
Length 75.3 cm

Gifu

Masafumi Kato

Muroran ju Taneshige saku
Hesei 28 nen ichigatu kichijitu

Curvature 2.5 cm
Length 75.2 cm

Hokkaido

Naohiko Sasaki

Shinano no kuni Kiyonao saku koreHeisei 27 nen kinoto hitsuji aki

Curvature 0.0cm
Length 26.4 cm

NaganoTakashi Matsukawa

Soshuju Mitsuhiro
Heisei 28 nen 2 gatsuhi

Curvature 0.0 cm
Length 25.9 cm

kanagawa

Jugo Mori

Masanari saku
Heisei 28 nen haru

Curvature 3.2 cm
Length 81.3 cm

Gifu

Masaya Yoshida

Oite Echigo no kini Yoshimitsu saku no
Heisei 28 nen haru kichijitsu

Curvature 2.0 cm
Length 70.4 cm

TokyoMitsuo Yoshikawa

Yamato no kuniju Gassan Sadatoshi hori dousaku (Kao)Heisei 28 nen 8 shogatsu kisshoujitsu

Curvature 2.0 cmLength 71.3 cm

NaraKiyoshi Gassan

Akinokuni Mikami Sadanao kore wo tsukuru(Bonji)Heisei 26 nen 10gatsu kichijitsu

Curvature 1.4 cm
Length 56.3 cm

Hiroshima

Takanori Mikami

Musashi no kuni Akihira Seikoku bungo nagatani
Ooitasha guji Nagayama yoshinori no motomeni ouzuru
Heisei 28 nen 3gatsu kisshoubi

Curvature 2.4 cm
Length 72.6 cm

SaitamaMasahito Kawasaki

Curvature 0.0 cm
Length 29.7 cm

NaganoKei Miyairi

Curvature 2.7 cm
Length 77.0 cm

TokyoShoji Yoshihara

Kozaemon Yukihira

Musashi ju Kuniie saku

(Nyusen Invitation Judge syllabary order)

Polishing Section
NBSK Chairman's Award
Katana(Kinzogan mei)Rai Kunimitsu(Kinzogan mei)Hon'ami (Kao)The Shinano Mainichi Shinbun Award
Tachi
Rai Kunimitsu
Jowa 2/2 nen 11gatsu 18nichiGold Prize 1Gold Prize 2Gold Prize 3

Silver Prize 1

Silver Prize 2

Silver Prize 3

Silver Prize 4

Bronze Prize1

Bronze Prize 2

NyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenNyusenInvitation

Invitation

Invitation

JudgeTachi

Katana

Tachi

Tachi

KatanaKatanaTachi

KatanaKatanaKatana

KatanaKatanaKatanaKatanaKatanaWakizashi

KatanaKatanaKatanaWakizashi

KatanaWakizashi

Curvature 2.1 cm
Length 68.2 cm

TokyoMasao Hon'ami

Curvature 3.0 cm
Length 81.2 cm

Kanagawa

Takahiro Ono

Curvature 1.8 cm
Length 73.3 cm

Saitama

Tetsutaro Morii

Curvature 0.2 cm
Length 70.8 cm

Nara

Kazumichi Sekiyama

Curvature 1.5 cm
Length 71.5 cm

Saitama

Yoshimasa Mizuta

Musashi no kuni Akihira Seikoku bungo nagatani
Ou Ooitasha guji Nagayama yoshinori Ju Heisei 28 nen 3gatsu kisshoubi

Curvature 2.4 cmLength 72.6 cm

TokyoSoichiro Abe

Bishu Osafune Norimitsu
Bunmei 7 nen 8gatsuhi

Curvature 2.7 cm
Length 70.8 cm

SaitamaYuichi Sagara

Mumei(Echizen Kanenori)

Curvature 1.4 cm
Length 65.6 cm

ToyamaTakeshi Hon'ami

Okuizuminokami Sadashige saku
Sasshu ju

Curvature 1.8 cm
Length 68.9 cm

Saitama

Yuki Akita

Inoue Shinkai
Enpou 6nen 8gatsuhi

Curvature 1.2 cm
Length 71.4 cm

Chiba

Kazuhiko Ogawa

Mumei(Awataguchi)

Curvature 1.2 cm
Length 63.5 cm

Kyoto

Joji Tamaki

Curvature 1.2 cm
Length 71.7 cmU.K

Anthony Norman

Dewanokami Minamoto no Mitsuhira
Matsuse no Tsurugi Wakige otoshi

Curvature 1.2 cm
Length 54.8 cm

Kanagawa

Tatsunari Otsuka

Mumei(Den Nanki Shigekuni)

Curvature 1.4 cm
Length 66.5 cm

TokyoShinichi Oze

Curvature 2.4 cm
Length 68.9 cm

Fukui

Jiro Fujikawa

Curvature 2.1 cm
Length 69.3 cm

Kumamoto

Ikuo Masaumi

Curvature 2.1 cm
Length 70.9 cm

Kumamoto

Hiroto Masaumi

Curvature 1.3 cm
Length 52.4 cm

fukuoka

Kiyotake Matsuo

Curvature 2.4 cm
Length 77.5 cm

OkayamaTomonobu YokoyamaCurvature 2.0 cm
Length 71.8 cm

Kanagawa

Tsunetsugu Watanabe

Curvature 1.7 cm
Length 68.6 cm

TokyoSetsuo Takaiwa

Minamoto no Kiyomaro
Kouka hinoto hitsuji nen 8gatsuhi

Curvature 0.8 cm
Length 47.6 cm

TokyoKenji Mishina

Hizen no kuni Kawachi Daijo Fujiwara Masahiro

Curvature 1.2 cm
Length 73.0 cm

Tottori

Shikun Morii

Curvature 0.3 cm
Length 36.1 cm

Tokyo

Kazunori Abe

Sanemori

Mumei (Den Iesuke)

Kuni□(Rai Kunihide)

Oshu Sendai ju Fujiwara Kunikane

Echizen koku ju kanenori

Mumei (Den Kuniyuki)

Dewadaijo Fujiwara Kunimichi(Kikumon)Echizen no kami Minamoto no Rai Nobuyoshi

Yoshihiro

Izuminokami Rai Kinmichi

Mumei(Taima)

Sano Yukihide
Ansei 6nen 8gatsu kichijitsu

Judge

Judge

Judge

Tachi

KatanaTachi

Kiyotsuna(Niou)

Curvature 2.2 cm
Length 81.0 cm

Kanagawa

Hakuryu Ono

Sesshu Oosaka ju Fujjiwara magohyouenojo Sukehiro
Susamajiki kana kono ikken kabuto hatitabi waru

Curvature 1.8 cm
Length 63.6 cm

SaitamaTakushi Sasaki

Tomonari

Curvature 3.3 cm
Length 78.8 cm

TokyoKoshu Hon'ami(Nyusen Invitation Judge syllabary order)

Toso Section【Tosogu】
NBSK Chairman's Award
Shakudoji Kachimushi Shobuzu tsuba

Tsuba

USAMarcus Chambers

Gold Prize 2

Akikusa Ryusui hasuzu tsuga

Tsuba

CanadaKevin Adams

Silver Prize 1

Tetsuji Yatsuhashi kamon sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Shizuoka

Yuki Fukuyo

Silver Prize 2

Tsuba

Hokkaido

Katsuyosi Osanai

Bronze Prize 1

Ainu monyou sukashi tsuba
Shodai hirata hikozo utsushi
Suakaji amidayasuri shakudo fukurin aorigata hiashizu tsuba

Tsuba

TokyoNoboru Kawakami

NyusenTetsuji Hien sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Takako Ijuin

NyusenShiuryuzu Tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Haruko Uragami

NyusenShibuichiji shishizu zougan tsuba

Tsuba

GifuYuji Kotani

NyusenSuakaji namiusagizu sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

TokyoNobumasa Sakai

NyusenTetsuji aoi inome sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Nara

Gensho Miyagawa

NyusenKari hisho nozu tsuba

Tsuba

BrazilRemo Soza Nogueira

Judge

Tetsuji suiryuzu tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Koshiro Izumi

HabakiGunma

Yutaka Matsumoto【Shirogane】
The Sakaki Town Board of Education Chairman’s Award
Suaka ground, gold foil double habaki
Silver Prize 1

Suaka ground,uwagai bishamon kikko hori gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Gifu

Hideaki Sugiyama

NyusenSuaka ground, gold foil double habaki

Habaki

OsakaYasuhiro Noguchi

Judge

Suaka ground, sayagata hori gold foil double habaki

HabakiTokyo

Takeshi Miyashita

Judge

Suaka ground, gold foil double habaki

HabakiTokyo

Hiroshi Miyajima

Shirasaya

Gifu

Takahiro MoriGold Prize 2

Shirasaya

Kanagawa

Atsuhiro Morii

Silver Prize 1

Shirasaya

Gifu

Kazuyuki Furukawa

Bronze Prize 1

Shirasaya

Hyogo

Atsushi Tazawa【Shirasaya】
Sakaki Mayor's Award【Tsukamaki】
Silver Prize 1

Kusube kawa morotsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

TokyoYoshiyuki Sasahara

Bronze Prize 1

Kon iro tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki Wakizashi tsukamae

Tsukamaki

USA

Krupp Alex

NyusenKin Chairo tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Kyoto

Shgeharu Hirai

Judge

Kusube kawa morotsumami-maki higo tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Gunma

Hisao Okabe

Kuro roiro nuri wakizashi koshirae

Saya-nuri

Niigata

Mitsuhide Koyama【Saya-nuri】
Silver Prize 1

【Koshirae】Nyusen

Kuro ishime kawarinuri chiisa katana koshirae

Koshirae

NiigataYasuo Sakuma

Judge

Kuro roiro kinpun tomenuri aikuchi tanto koshirae

Koshirae

Gunma

Naotoshi Kenmochi

Judge

Shu urushi nuri togi dashizame momiji tirashi aikuchi tanto koshire

Koshirae

TokyoKazuyuki Takayama(Nyusen Invitation Judge syllabary order)