Results for the 12th NBSK Craftsmen’s Competition 2022

Sword Making・Sculpture Section【Sword Making】
The Monbu Kagaku Daijin Award(Minister of Culture,Sports,Science and Technology)
The Keizai Sangyo Daijin Award(Minister of Economy,Trade and Industry)
KatanaTeruhira

Length 74.0 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

OkayamaLength 68.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

Yamanashi Yasutaka Yoshida

Length 73.9 ㎝
Curvature 2.1 ㎝

NaganoIppei Kawachi

Shinano no kuni Miyairi Yo saku kore
Reiwa 4 nen haru

Length 78.1 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

NaganoYo Miyairi

Yamato no kuni ju Gassan Sadanobu kinsaku (kao)
Reiwa 4 nen haru kisshojitsu

Length 64.1 ㎝
Curvature 1.6 ㎝

NaraIchiro Gassan

Hidehira
Reiwa 3 nen 8 gatsuhi

Length 78.6 ㎝
Curvature 3.0 ㎝

NaganoKei Nezu

Bizen koku ju Osafune Sukemitsu saku
Suzuki Seigoro 4 sei Sumio koki
Reiwa 4 nen 5 gatsu 13 nichi

Length 77.0 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

Okayama

Mitsuhide Mori

Bungo ju Taira no Kiyoaki saku
Tame Tokuren Reiwa 3 nen shinshun

Length 70.6 ㎝
Curvature 2.1 ㎝

Oita

Komei Niina

Masaya sakuReiwa 3 nen haru

Length 77.5 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

Gifu

Masaya Yoshida

Yamato ju Gassan Sadatoshi hori dosaku(kao)Length 35.6 ㎝
Curvature 0.7 ㎝

NaraKiyoshi Gassan

Length 76.2 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

Hiroshima Yoshihiro Kubo

Length 69.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

TokyoShoji Yoshihara

Kyushu Bungo no kuni Akihira saku
Reiwa kanoto-ushi doshi 8 gatsu kichijitsu
Narau Yamambagiri Kunihiro

Length 70.0 ㎝
Curvature 2.6 ㎝

SaitamaMasahito Kawasaki

Mikami Sadanao saku

Length 78.9 ㎝
Curvature 3.5 ㎝Hiroshima

Takanori Mikami

Length 27.7 ㎝
Curvature 0.2 ㎝

NaganoKei Miyairi

Wakizashi Toto junin Yoshimitsu saku kore
Reiwa 4 nen haru kichijitsu

Length 53.5 ㎝
Curvature 1.1 ㎝

TokyoMitsuo Yoshikawa

Tachi

Length 69.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

Tokyo

Shoji Yoshihara

Yozo Kamiyama

NBSK Chairman’s Award
KatanaYasutaka saku
Reiwa 4 nen haru

The Nagano Prefectural Governor’s Award
KatanaShinano no kuni Kawachi Ippei

Gold Prize (1st place)
New face award

KatanaGold Prize (2nd place)

KatanaSilver Prize (1st place)Bronze Prize (1st place)

Tachi

Tachi

Nyusen(Recognition prize) Katana

Nyusen(Recognition prize) Tachi

Invitation

Invitation

Invitation

Judge

Judge

Judge

Judge

Reference

Wakizashi

Tachi

Tachi

Katana

Tachi

Tanto

YoshihiroMusashi ju Kuniie saku

Reiwa 4 nen 2 gatsuhi Kozaemon Yukihira
Tame ozeki Mitakeumi

Musashi ju Kuniie saku

Polishing Section
NBSK Chairman’s Award
KatanaThe Shinano Mainichi Shimbun Award
KatanaGold Prize (1st place)

Gold Prize (2nd place)

Silver Prize (1st place)Bronze Prize (1st place)

Tachi

KatanaTachi

KatanaNyusen(Recognition prize) Tanto

Invitation

Invitation

Judge

YariTachi

KatanaJudgeTanto

JudgeKatana

Length 68.8 ㎝
Curvature 1.2 ㎝

Saitama

Tetsutaro MoriiKyushu Bungo no kuni Akihira saku
Reiwa kanoto-ushi doshi 8 gatsu kichijitsu
Narau Yamambagiri Kunihiro

Length 70.0 ㎝
Curvature 2.6 ㎝

TokyoSoichiro Abe

Hidehira
Reiwa 3 nen 8 gatsuhi

Length 78.6 ㎝
Curvature 3.0 ㎝

ToyamaTakeshi Hon’ami

Yukihira(Orikaeshi mei)

Length 67.1 ㎝
Curvature 1.4 ㎝

Kanagawa

Yuichi SagaraBishu(Den Kokubunji Sukekuni)
ShochuLength 70.3 ㎝
Curvature 1.6 ㎝

Saitama

Yoshimasa Mizuta

Oite Bushu Edo Echizen Yasutsugu
Morokoshi shoji

Length 75.8 ㎝
Curvature 1.6 ㎝

Fukui

Jiro Fujikawa

Okuru Hokke Saburo Nobufusa
Inoru Taisei-shinan Showa 50 nen kisshun

Length 27.3 ㎝
Curvature 0.1 ㎝

MiyagiRyo Kunikami

Nagasone Okimasa saku kore
Enpo 4 nen 8 gatsu kichijitsu

Length 14.6 ㎝
Kanagawa

Nagamasa Ikeda

Miyairi Akihira saku
Showa 47 nen kikuzuki kichijitsu

Length 76.6 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

TokyoKoshu Hon’amiAkihira kore

Length 70.2 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

TokyoKazunori Abe

Length 26.1 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

TokyoSetsuo Takaiwa

Shizuoka

Yasuaki Hagi

Kanagawa

Tsunetsugu WatanabeMusashi ju Kuniie saku
Heisei 20 nen kichijitsu

Wakizashi

JudgeMumei(Kanemitsu)

Tsuda Echizen no kami Sukehiro
Length 49.5 ㎝
Nanban hyotan-gane nite tsukuru
Curvature 1.4 ㎝
Tezuka matsuyo Kanazashi Mitsuhide en shoji
Enpo gannen 11 gatsuhi
Bittchu no kami Tachibana Yasuhiro(Kikumon)Length 68.8 ㎝
Curvature 1.8 ㎝

Toso Section【Tosogu】
Sakaki Mayor’s Award

Tetsuji yatsuhashi sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Shizuoka

Yuki FukuyoGold Prize (2nd place)

Tetsuji katsumushi zu tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Ford Haram

Silver Prize (1st place)

Sentokuji shakudo fukurin hiashi zu aori gata Tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Noboru Kawakami

Bronze Prize (1st place)

Shakudoji umeni uguisu zu kogai

Kogai

OsakaKiyomasa Sakai

Bronze Prize (2nd place)

Tetsuji matsueda sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Jeff Broderick

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Tetsuji shiguretei sukashizu tsuba

TsubaTokyoTakako Ijuin

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Tetsu sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Germany

Christoph Kopp

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Kuromidoji nekozu zogan tsuba

Tsuba

Gifu

Yuji Kotani

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Ginji usagizu menuki

MenukiTokyo

Kyoka Siratori

Judge

Roginji sogyozu aorigata tsuba

Judge

Tokyo

Koshiro Izumi

Judge

Musubimon menuki

MenukiTokyo

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

Suaka ground,gold foil uwagai,gold copper alloy foil shitagai habakiHabakiGifu

Hideaki Sugiyama

Gold Prize (2nd place)

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Gumma

Yutaka Matsumoto

Judge

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

HabakiTokyo

Takeshi Miyashita【Shirasaya】
Gold Prize (1st place)

Shirasaya

Gifu

Kazuyuki Furukawa

Silver Prize (1st place)

Shirasaya

Kanagawa

Atsuhiro Morii

Bronze Prize (1st place)

Shirasaya

Hyogo

Atsushi Tazawa

Judge

Shirasaya

Gifu

Takahiro Mori

【Tsukamaki】
Gold Prize (1st place)

Kogechairo tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Sizuoka

Yutaka Inoue

Gold Prize (2nd place)

Shiracha-jabara-ito karami kumiage-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Gifu

Kazuyasu Toyama

Silver Prize (1st place)

Kuriiro tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Kyoto

Shigeharu Hirai

Silver Prize (2nd place)

Tetsukoniro tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Kyoto

Yasunori Matsukawa

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Uguisuiro tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Tokyo

Tsutomu Kuroda

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Tetsukoniro tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumamimaki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

OsakaChiharu Sada

JudgeAigawa moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

TsukamakiGumma

Hisao Okabe

The Sakaki Town Board of Education Chairman’s Award
Kuroro iro nuri tensho koshirae

Niigata

Mitsuhide Koyama

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

TokyoMichael Cummins【Saya-nuri】

Kuro urushi nuri inro kizami saya uchigatana koshirae【Koshirae】
NBSK Chairman’s Award
Aourushi nuri kairagi saya aikuchi kosiraefukuokaToshiro Kuwano

Invitation

Ginso kofun tachikoshiraeTokyoKazuyuki Takayama

Judge

Kurourushi nuri kawamaki-tsuka jidaifu uchigatana koshirae

Gumma

Naotoshi Kemmochi

aikuchi tanto koshiraeKanagawa

Atsuhiro morii【Koshirae-shitaji】
Silver Prize (1st place)【Special exhibition】

6th Special public section“Sword Oshigata Art”
Yushusho 1

Kasaku 1

Kasaku 2

JudgeKatana

Length 73.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.7 ㎝

NaganoYusuke Nagatsu

Wakizashi Omi daijo Fujiwara Tadayoshi
Hizen koku Mutsuno-kami Tadayoshi

Length 51.7 ㎝
Curvature 0.9 ㎝

SaitamaShunpei Kutsuma

Wakizashi Bizen no kami Fujiwara Ujifusa

Length 51.1 ㎝
Curvature 1.1 ㎝

ToyamaRyoko Matsuoka

Length 68.1 ㎝
Curvature 1.0 ㎝

TokyoKazunori AbeKatana

Miyairi Kozaemon Yukihira motte tenkotetsu

Mumei(Den Masamune)