Results for the 11th NBSK Craftsmen’s Competition 2021

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)
KatanaShinano no kuni Hidehira
Reiwa 2 nen 2 gatsuhi

Length 67.3 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

NaganoKei Nezu

Shinano no kuni Kawachi Ippei
Reiwa 2 nen 2 gatsuhi

Length 74.6 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

NaganoIppei Kawachi

Teruhira

Length 73.8 ㎝
Curvature 2.5 ㎝

Okayama

Yozo Kamiyama

Myochin Munehiro saku
Kanoe ne 2 gatsuhi

Length 23.0 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

HyogoYusuke Myochin

Yamato no kuni ju Gassan Sadanobu kinsaku (kao)
Reiwa 3 nen 5gatsu kisshojitsu

Length 86.0 ㎝
Curvature 3.0 ㎝

Nara

Ichiro Gassan

Yasutaka saku
Reiwa 3 nen Haru

Length 73.0 ㎝
Curvature 3.0 ㎝

Yamanashi Yasutaka Yoshida

Ryujin Taro Minamoto Sadashige hori do saku(kao)
Reiwa 2 nen shiwasu

Length 72.0 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

Wakayama

Shigefumi Adachi

Oite Yamato ju Yoshimoto Sadaoki hori dosaku
Reiwa 3 nen 3 gatsu kichijitsu

Length 74.1 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

Nara

Takashi Yoshimoto

Masaya saku
Reiwa 3 nen haru

Length 79.1 ㎝
Curvature 3.3 ㎝

Gifu

Masaya Yoshida

Bizen koku ju Osafune Sukemitsu saku

Length 83.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.6 ㎝

Okayama

Mitsuhide Mori

Yamato no kuni ju Gassan Sadatoshi kinsaku(kao)
Reiwa 2 nen kanoe-ne 5 gatsu kichijitsu

Length 59.2 ㎝
Curvature 1.9 ㎝

Nara

Kiyoshi Gassan

Myojun denji Sohaya no tsuruki(Mune)Reiwa gan-nen 8 gatsu hi
Utsusunari O Yamakage Donkai o ju Akihira kore

Length 68.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.5 ㎝

SaitamaMasahito Kawasaki

Bingo no kuni ju Yoshihiro saku
Reiwa 2 nen 8gatsu kichijitsu

Length 79.2 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

Hiroshima

Yoshihiro kubo

Yasutsuna(Mune)Sadanao koreni narai tsukuru

Length 80.2 ㎝
Curvature 2.6 ㎝

Hiroshima

Takanori Mikami

Miyairi Kozaemon Yukihira motte tenko-tetsu

Length 74.5 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

NaganoKei Miyairi

Toto junin Yoshimitsu saku kore
Reiwa 3 nen 3 gatsu mikka

Length 42.9 ㎝
Curvature 0.7 ㎝

Tokyo

Mitsuo Yoshikawa

Musashi ju Kuniie saku

Length 73.1 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

Tokyo

Shoji Yoshihara

NBSK Chairman’s Award
KatanaGold Prize (1st place)

Gold Prize (2nd place)

Gold Prize (3rd place)

Silver Prize (1st place)

Silver Prize (2nd place)

Katana

Tanto

Tachi

Tachi

KatanaBronze Prize (1st place)
New face award

KatanaNyusen(Recognition prize)

Tachi

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Invitation

Invitation

Judge

Judge

Invitation

Judge

Invitation

Tachi

Wakizashi

Tachi

Tachi

Tachi

katanaWakizashi

KatanaSculpture
The Nagano Prefectural Governor’s Award
Kurikara ryu
Ikken soyo eibu bannen (mojibori)OkayamaMunenori Kinoshita

Niigata

Hitoshi Kurashima

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

Gold Prize (2nd place)

Gold Prize (3rd place)

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

Judge

KatanaKatanaTachi

KatanaKatanaInvitation

Judge

KatanaKatanaJudge

KatanaInvitation

Judge

Tachi

KatanaLength 77.9 ㎝
Curvature 1.5 ㎝

Oite Bushu Edo Echizen Yasutsugu

Length 71.0 ㎝Curvature 2.2 ㎝

TokyoSoichiro Abe

Length 69.6 ㎝
Curvature 1.5 ㎝

Saitama

Yoshimasa Mizuta

Length 38.9 ㎝
Curvature 0.6 ㎝

Fukui

Jiro Fujikawa

Jyakushu ju Fuyuhiro saku Hachiman daibosatsu
Length 74.5 ㎝(mune)judaiTensho 8 nen 2 gatsu kichijitsu
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

Saitama

Tetsutaro Morii

Oite Yamato Ju Yoshimoto Sadaoki hori dosaku Length 74.1 ㎝
Reiwa 3 nen 3 gatsu kichijitsu
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

NaraKazumichi Sekiyama

Length 83.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.6 ㎝

MiyagiRyo Kunikami

Length 67.4 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

NaganoFumitaka Akasaka

Length 75.9 ㎝
Curvature 1.7 ㎝

TokyoKazunori Abe

Length 86.6 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

Kanagawa

Nagamasa Ikeda

Length 70.3 ㎝
Curvature 1.4 ㎝

TokyoSetsuo Takaiwa

Length 75.4 ㎝
Curvature 1.6 ㎝

Shizuoka

Yasuaki Hagi

Miyairi Akihira saku
Showa 27 nen kikuzuki kichijitsu

Length 76.6 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

Tokyo

Koshu Hon’ami

Mumei(Unsho)

Length 72.7 ㎝
Curvature 2.4 ㎝

Kanagawa

Tsunetsugu Watanabe

Mumei(Den sue Samonji)

Wakizashi

KatanaMorimitsu

Higo daijo Fujiwara Sadakuni

Mumei(Den ko-Naminohira)Bishu Osafune Sukemitsu

Mumei(Den Shikkake)

Mumei

Chikuzenkoku Fukuoka ju Koretsugu

Noshu ju Tashiro Kakubei Kanenobu saku

Toso Section【Tosogu】
Sakaki Mayor’s Award

Tetsuji Hato ni ryu zu tsuba

Tsuba

OkayamaGold Prize (2nd place)

Sentokuji shakudo fukurin amidayasuri hiashi zu nagamarugata tsuba
Tsuba
Tokyo

Munenori Kinoshita

Noboru Kawakami

Gold Prize (3rd place)

Tetsuji yatsuhashi sukashi tsuba

Tsubashizuoka

Yuki Fukuyo

Silver Prize (1st place)Tetsuji hairyu zu tsuba

Tsuba

Hokkaido

Katsuyoshi Osanai

Silver Prize (2nd place)

Shakudoji hannyashingyo daisho tsuba

Tsuba

TokyoNanami Sato

Silver Prize (3rd place)

Shakudoji yuri zu fuchikashira

Fuchikashira

Silver Prize (4th place)

Tetsuji take ni suzume zu sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Takako Ijuin

Bronze Prize (1st place)

Tetsuji moji sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Jeff Broderick

Bronze Prize (2nd place)Do nanakoji junishi ino zu tsuba

Tsuba

Germany

Christoph Kopp

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Ginji saikan ni yu zu menuki

MenukiTokyoHaruko Urakami

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Tetsuji yuri zu mokkogata tsuba

Tsuba

Saitama

Hidehito Onda

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Shakudoji shironagasukujira zu menuki

Menuki

NaganoMirai Yamazaki

Judge

Tetsuji okamon kagecho sukashi tsuba

Tsuba

Tokyo

Koshiro Izumi

Judge

Shibuichiji chikubai zu kashira

FuchikashiraTokyo

Morihito Katsura

OsakaKiyomasa Sakai【Shirogane】
Gold Prize (1st place)

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Gifu

Hideaki Sugiyama

Gold Prize (2nd place)

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

HabakiGumma

Yutaka MatsumotoGold Prize (3rd place)

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

Gifu

Minoru Hirata

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

Habaki

OsakaYasuhiro Noguchi

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Suaka ground, Silver foil double habaki

Habaki

Kyoto

Yasunori Matsukawa

Judge

Suaka ground,gold foil double habaki

HabakiTokyo

Takeshi Miyashita

Invitation

Maru-ni mitsu-kashiwa mon hori gold foil single habaki

HabakiTokyoHiroshi Miyajima【Shirasaya】
Gold Prize (1st place)

Shirasaya

KanagawaAtsuhiro Morii

Gold Prize (2nd place)

Shirasaya

Gifu

Kazuyuki Furukawa

Silver Prize (1st place)

Shirasaya

Hyogo

Atsushi Tazawa

JudgeShirasaya

Gifu

Takahiro Mori

【Tsukamaki】
Gold Prize (1st place)

Kusube kawamaki tensho tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Gifu

Kazuyasu ToyamaGold Prize (2nd place)

Nokon iro tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Kyoto

Yasunori Matsukawa

Silver Prize (1st place)

Kuri iro tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Sizuoka

Yutaka Inoue

Bronze Prize (1st place)

Tetsukon iro tsunegumi-ito moro-tsumami-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

TokyoTsutomu Kuroda

Nyusen(Recognition prize)

Kuro iro jabara ito moro-hineri kobishi-maki tsukamae

Tsukamaki

Kyoto

Shigeharu Hirai

Judge

Kusube gawa kumiage karami-maki tsukamae

TsukamakiGumma

Hisao Okabe

Niigata

Mitsuhide Koyama

The Sakaki Town Board of Education Chairman’s Award
Kurourushi nuri kinsan aikuchi koshiraefukuokaToshiro Kuwano

Invitation

Kurourushi nuri togidashizame saya jabara maki tsuka daisyou koshirae

Gumma

Naotoshi KemmochiInvitation

Kurourushi nuri togidashizame uchigatana koshiraeTokyoKazuyuki Takayama

aikuchi tanto koshirae

Kanagawa

Atsuhiro morii【Saya-nuri】

NBSK Chairman’s Award
Kuroro urushi nuri tensho koshirae【Koshirae】【Koshirae-shitaji】
Gold Prize (1st place)【Special exhibition】【Sword Making】
Out of judge

KatanaShinano no kuni junin Hidehira
Tame Ishikawa Kenichi sensei Reiwa 2 nen chushu

Kanazawa Institute of Technology
Length 73.7 ㎝
Curvature 2.2 ㎝

5th Special public section“Sword Oshigata Art”
Yushusho 1

Yushusho 2

Yushusho 3

Yushusho 4Kasaku 1JudgeKatana

Akihira Munehiro Sadanobu no kyosaku

KatanaNoshu seki ju Kanetsune

KatanaSessyu ju Fujiwara Sukehiro

Wakizashi

KatanaTanto

Minamoto Kiyomaro
Kandate Yuzaburo syoji

Length 71.6 ㎝
Curvature 2.0 ㎝

Nara

Kazumichi Sekiyama

Length 71.5 ㎝
Curvature 1.9 ㎝

Miyagi

Hirotaka Miura

NaganoYusuke Nagatsu

TokyoSoichiro Abe

Length 67.8 ㎝
Curvature 2.1 ㎝

Length 31.8 ㎝
Curvature 0.3 ㎝

Higo ju Dotanuki Munehiro
Koka 2 nen 9 gatsuhi

Length 64.5 ㎝
Curvature 1.8 ㎝

SaitamaShunpei Kutsuma

Minamoto Masayuki
Koka 2 nen 8 gatsu

Length 20.3 ㎝
Curvature 0.0 ㎝

Tokyo

Kazunori Abe