Results for the 9th NBSK Craftsmen’s Competition 2018

Sword Making
The Keizai Sangyo Daijin Award(Minister of Economy,Trade and Industry)
KatanaShinano no kuni Kawachi Ippei
Heisei 30 nen haru
NBSK Chairman’s Award
KatanaShinano no kuni junin Hidehira
Heisei 30 nen haru

Length 75.8 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

NaganoIppei Kawachi

Length 68.0 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

NaganoKei Nezu

Yamato no kuni ju Gassan Sadanobu kinsaku (kao)Heisei 30 nen haru kisshojitsu

Length 74.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.3 ㎝

NaraIchiro Gassan

Ryujin Taro Minamoto Sadashige hori do saku (kao)Heisei 29 nen 11 gatsuhi

Length 52.9 ㎝
Curvature 1.2 ㎝

Wakayama

Shigefumi Adachi

Myochin Munehiro
Heisei 30 nen haru kichijitsu

Length 76.1 ㎝
Curvature 2.6 ㎝

Hyogo

Yusuke Myochin

Teruhira

Length 25.1 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

Okayama

Yozo Kamiyama

Echizen ju Kawase Sadazane saku
Heisei 30 nen haru

Length 72.7 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

Fukui

Yujiro Kawase

Munenaga
Heisei 30 nen 2 gatsuhi

Length 75.8 ㎝
Curvature 3.0 ㎝

MieShun Fujiwara

Shinano ju Kiyonao saku kore
Heisei 30 nen tsuchinoe inu haru

Length 70.8 ㎝
Curvature 1.9 ㎝

NaganoTakashi Matsukawa

Nyusen(Recognition prize) Tanto

Bizen koku ju Osafune Sukemitsu
Heisei 30 nen 1 gatsuhi

Length 25.7 ㎝
Curvature Inner curve Okayama Mitsuhide Mori

Nyusen (Recognition prize) Tachi

Masaya saku
Heisei 30 nen haru

Length 78.4 ㎝
Curvature 3.0 ㎝

Gold Prize (1st place)

Gold Prize (2nd place)

Silver Prize (1st place)

Silver Prize (2nd place)Bronze Prize (1st place)Bronze Prize (2nd place)
Newcomer Award

KatanaWakizashiKatana

TantoKatana

Tachi

Nyusen(Recognition prize) Katana

Invitation

Invitation

Judge

Judge

Judge

Judge

KatanaWakizashi

KatanaKatanaTachi

KatanaYamato no kuni ju Gassan Sadatoshi hori do saku (kao)Heisei 30 nen 2 gatsu kichijitsu

Gifu

Length 71.6 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

Masaya Yoshida

NaraKiyoshi Gassan

Mikami Sadanao kore o tsukuru
Heisei 30 nen 3 gatsu kichijitsu

Length 34.5 ㎝
Curvature 0.5 ㎝

Hiroshima

Takanori Mikami

Musashi no kuni Akihira

Length 79.0 ㎝
Curvature 2.1 ㎝

SaitamaMasahito Kawasaki

Miyairi kozaemon Yukihira
Heisei 29 nen chushu shugo NLS group

Length 83.6 ㎝
Curvature 2.7 ㎝

NaganoKei Miyairi

Toto junin Ono Yoshimitsu saku no
Heisei 30 nen haru

Length 80.2 ㎝
Curvature 3.4 ㎝

TokyoMitsuo Yoshikawa

Musashi ju Kuniie saku

Length 73.7 ㎝
Curvature 2.5 ㎝

Tokyo

Shoji Yoshihara

Sculpture Section
The Nagano Prefectural Governor’s Award
Sansagekiryu
Shinken hyakuja o harau（mojibori)OkayamaMunenori Kinoshita

Polishing Section
NBSK Chairman’s Award
KatanaThe Shinano Mainichi Shimbun Award
KatanaG0ld Prize (1st place)G0ld Prize (2nd place)

Tachi

KatanaOshu Shirakawa shin Tegarayama Masashige
Minamoto no Sadanobu ko ni yori budo no jutsu o shosuru ni yori kore o tamawaru
toki ni Kansei 5 toshi ji kichu
Ono han Fujiwara Masaharu kore o tatematsuru Asaha shume Fujiwara Masatsune
Length 67.3 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝
TokyoSoichiro Abe
Nanki ni oite Shigekuni kore o tsukuru

Tsunetsugu

Mumei(Den Yoshikage)

Length 70.0 ㎝
Curvature 1.2 ㎝

ToyamaTakeshi Hon’ami

Length 74.8 ㎝
Curvature 1.8 ㎝

Kanagawa

Takahiro Ono

Length 71.5 ㎝
Curvature 1.2 ㎝

Nara

Kazumichi Sekiyama

Silver Prize (1st place)

KatanaMumei(Den Norifusa)(Kinzogan)Imataikun Bakkani johai suru tokoro no on katana nari Enpou koushin 11
gatsu 13 nichi Masatoshi kore o meshi Gozen no onmei no amari on tezukara kore o tamau(Kinzogan) Furukawa joshu ju-shii-ge jiju Chikuzen no kami Hotta Ujinori Masatoshi kore o haisai su
Length 72.0 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝
Saitama
Tetsutaro Morii

Silver Prize (2nd place)

KatanaShomaru toge ju Ozawa Masatoshi saku
Showa 63 nen 5 gatsuhi

Length 76.3 ㎝
Curvature 2.1 ㎝

Saitama

Yoshimasa Mizuta

Kazusa no kami Fujiwara Munemichi
Echizen ju

Length 74.4 ㎝
Curvature 1.6 ㎝

Fukui

Jiro Fujikawa

Mumei(Den Shizu)

Length 86.2 ㎝
Curvature 2.6 ㎝

Kumamoto

Hiroto Masaumi

Hizen no kuni Fujiwara Yoshimitsu saku
Tame Murata Yoshiaki kore seitan Kibi nen 3 gatsu kichijitsu
Length 55.6 ㎝
Curvature 0.9 ㎝

MiyagiRyo Kunikami

Yamato daijo Fujiwara Masanori
Ikeda-shi shoji ken korenari ta ni kore o watasu bekarazu
Length 32.0 ㎝
Curvature 0.6 ㎝

Kanagawa

Nagamasa Ikeda

Sanryu Masamine kore o tsukuru
Koushi nen shimo-tsuki-hi

Length 37.1 ㎝
Curvature 0.2 ㎝

Tottori

Shikun Morii

Musashi no kuni Akihira

Length 79.0 ㎝
Curvature 2.1 ㎝

TokyoKazunori Abe

Length 73.7 ㎝
Curvature 2.5 ㎝

TokyoSetsuo Takaiwa

Mikami Sadanao kore o tsukuru
Heisei 30 nen 3 gatsu kichizitsu

Length 34.4 ㎝
Curvature 0.6 ㎝

Shizuoka

Mitsuaki Hagi

Miyairi Akihira saku
Showa 47 nen kikuzuki kichizitsu

Length 76.6 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

Tokyo

Koshu Hon’ami

Bronze Prize (1st place)Bronze Prize (2nd place)

KatanaKatanaNyusen(Recognition prize) Wakizashi

Invitation

Invitation

Judge

Judge

Judge

Judge

Wakizashi

Wakizashi

KatanaKatanaWakizashi

Tachi

Musashi ju Kuniie sakuToso Section【Tosogu】
Gold Prize (1st place)

Tetsuji Hatou ni ryu zu tsuba

Tsuba

OkayamaMunenori KinoshitaGold Prize (2nd place)

Tetsuji Soka zu tsuba

Tsuba

USAMarcus Chambers

Silver Prize (1st place)

Tetsuji Yatsuhashi sukashi tsubaTsuba

Shizuoka

Yuki Fukuyo

Silver Prize (2nd place)

Tetsuji Baika zu tsuba

Tsuba

Germany

Christoph Kopp

Bronze Prize (1st place)

Tetsuji Kogarashi tomabune zu tsuba

Tsuba

CanadaKevin Adams

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Tetsuji Baika zu sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Kanagawa

Shoryu Ikeda

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Tetsuji Komori zu sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Takako Ijuin

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Tetsuji Kiri ni houou zu tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Haruko Urakami

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Shibuichi ji Shima-fukuro zu tsubaTsuba

Hokkaido

Katsuyoshi Osanai

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Shinchu ji nobana tsubame zu tsuba

Tsuba

Saitama

Hidehito Onda

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Suaka ji shakudo sue-mon amaryu zu mokko gata tsuba

Tsuba

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Tetsuji matsu no zu tsuba

Tsuba

UK

Graham Hanley

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Kuromido ji Mozu zu zogan tsuba

Tsuba

Gifu

Yuji Kotani

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Shakudo ji Botan zu kozuka

KozukaOsakaKiyomasa Sakai

Invitation

Shakudo ji tora zu kogai

kogaiTokyo

Koshiro Izumi

Judge

Eto kashira zu futatokoro-mono

Futatokoro-mono TokyoTokyo

Noboru Kawakami

Morihito Katsura【Shirogane】
Gold Prize (1st place)

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Gumma

Yutaka Matsumoto

Silver Prize (1st place)

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Gifu

Hideaki Sugiyama

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Osaka

Yasuhiro Noguchi

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Suaka ground,single habaki

Habaki

BrazilRemo Souza Nogueira

Judge

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

HabakiTokyoTakeshi Miyashita

Judge

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

HabakiTokyoHiroshi Miyajima【Shirasaya】
NBSK Chairman’s Award

Shirasaya

Kanagawa

Atsuhiro Morii

Gold Prize (2nd place)

Shirasaya

Gifu

Takahiro MoriGold Prize (3rd place)

Shirasaya

Gifu

Kazuyuki Furukawa

Silver Prize (1st place)

Shirasaya

Hyogo

Atsushi Tazawa

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Shirasaya

Gumma

Masao Ishikawa

【Tsukamaki】
Silver Prize (1st place)

Tetsu-kon iro tsunegumi ito morotsumami-maki tsukamae

TsukamakiGifu

Kazuyasu Toyama

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Aitetsu iro tsunegumi ito morohineri-maki tsukamae

TsukamakiShizuoka

Yutaka Inoue

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Tetsu-kon iro jabara ito karami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Kyoto

Shigeharu Hirai

Judge

Aikawa moro tsumami-maki Tensho tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Gumma

Hisao Okabe

Kanagawa

Atsuhiro Morii

Niigata

Mitsuhide Koyama【Koshirae-shitaji】
Sakaki Mayor’s Award

Aikuchi tanto koshirae【Saya-nuri】
The Sakaki Town Board of Education Chairman’s Award
Kawamaki tsuka negoro-nuri saya jidaifu uchikatana koshirae【Koshirae】
JudgeKawa-maki tsuka kurourushi nuri saya jidaifu uchikatana koshirae

Gumma

Naotoshi Kemmochi

Judge

Kurourushi nuri jidai koshiraeTokyoKazuyuki Takayama(Nyusen Invitation Judge syllabary order)

3rd Special public section“Sword Oshigata Art”
Yushusho 1

Yushusho 2

Kasaku 1

Kasaku 2

JudgeKatana

Tachi

Mumei（den Yoshikage）

Sanenaga

Length 71.5 ㎝
Curvature 1.2 ㎝

Nara

Kazumichi Sekiyama

Length 73.3 ㎝
Curvature 2.1 ㎝

Tokyo

Soichiro Abe

KatanaRokujuhachi okina Suishinshi Masahide ha o niragu (kokuin)
Bunka 14 nen 8 gatsuhi Suikanshi Sadahide kore o kitaeru
Length 71.0 ㎝
Wakizashi Rokujuhachi okina Suishinshi Masahide ha o yaku (kokuin)
Bunka 14 nen 8 gatsuhi Suikanshi Sadahide kore o kitaeru
Length 45.2 ㎝

Tachi

KatanaCurvature 2.3 ㎝

Curvature 1.3 ㎝
NaganoYusuke Nagatsu

Sanryu Masamine kore o tsukuru
Mizunoto i nen 2 gatsu hi

Length 90.7 ㎝
Curvature 2.7 ㎝

Miyagi

Hirotaka Miura

Mumei（Masamune）

Length 68.1 ㎝
Curvature 1.0 ㎝

Tokyo

Kazunori Abe