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Here are the complete results for the NBTHK Shinsaku-meitoten 2014 in English. You heard it here first.

Mukansa Section:

Yoshihara Yoshindo

Gassan Sadatoshi

Kanbayashi Tsunehira

Yamaguchi Kiyofusa

Kawachi Kunihira (Masamune Award)

Miyairi Norihiro

Yoshihara Yoshikazu

Yoshikawa Kiyoyuki

Matsuda Tsuguyasu

Long Sword Section:

NBTHK Chaiman’s Award: Matsuba Kunimasa

Award for Excellence: Takami Kuniichi, Sone Masanori

Award for Effort: Miyanoshita Masayoshi, Takashi Tsunehisa, Komiya Kunimitsu II, Kitagawa Masatada, Morikuni Kiyohiro, Shinpo Motohira, Adachi Sadashige, Takaha Hiromune, Sugiyama Masatoshi, Watanabe Tsunehira?, Komiya Kokuten

Nyusen: Yamashita Hiroki, Okamoto Kazumune, Shibayama Yasuhiro, Kaku Michio, Ozawa Shigenori

Tanto and Ken Section

Award for Excellence: Kato Shinpei,

Award for Effort: Manzoku Hirotsugu (+ Rookie Award), Matsukawa Kiyonao, Kimura Kanemitsu, Miyagi Masatoshi.

Nyusen: Mizuki Yoshikazu, Ito Shigemitsu, Watanabe Shigehira, Ando Hiroyasu, Ezawa Toshimune.

Horimono Section:

Award for Effort: Katayama Shigetsune, Kashiwagi Shigemitsu, Hashimoto Shuha,

Tosogu Section:

Mukansa:

Tamaoka Toshiyuki

Naruki Issei

Nagamine Hirotomu

Furuyama Yoshikazu

Award for Excellence: Yanagawa Seiji, Kawashima Yoshiyuki, Fukuyo Sukehiro,

Award for Effort: Yamaguchi Sekishu Irie Mari

Nyusen: Iwazaki Shigemitsu, Kanbayashi Mako, Kawakami Noburu, Takeda Morichika, Suzuki Yasushi, Oguri Motoshige, Takahashi Masaki, Okawa Masami, Shinzaki Fumio, Ueno Hiroyoshi

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Yes. John

Thanks to Paul Martin again.

Here are the complete results for the 5th NBSK Craftsmen's competition 2014 in English. You heard it here first.

 

Section: Sword Making

The Keizai Sangyo Daijin Award (Minister of Economy):

Myochin Sukehiro

NBSK Chairman's Award:

Kubo Yoshihiro

Tokusho : The Nagano Prefectural Governor's Award:

Yamaue Shigenori

Gold Prize 1: Kamiyama Yozo

Gold Prize 2: Matsuba Kunimasa

Silver Prize 1: Kimura Mitsuhiro & Nezu Kei

Silver Prize 3: Mori Jugo

Bronze prize 1: Kawachi Ippei

Bronze Prize 2: Adachi Shigefumi

Bronze Prize 3: Furukawa Nobuo.

Nyusen: Ando Hiroyasu, Ito Shigemitsu, Sugiyama Toshio, Matsukawa Takashi

 

Polishing Section:

NBSK Chairman's Award: Ono Takahiro

Tokusho-The Noshu Mainichi Shinbun Award: Mizuta Yoshimasa

Gold Prize 1: Morii Tetsutaro

Gold Prize 2: Kurashima Hajime

Gold Prize 3: Hon'ami Takeshi

Silver Prize 1: Sagara Yuichi

Silver Prize 2: Abe Soichiro

Silver Prize 3: Masaumi Ario

Silver Prize 4: Tamaki Joji

Silver Prize 5: Watabe Tsunetsugu

Bronze Prize 1: Fujikawa Jiro

Bronze Prize 2: Yokoyama Tomohiro

Bronze Prize 3: Ogawa Kazuhiko

Bronze Prize 4: Masaumi Hiroto

Bronze Prize 5: Sekiyama Kazunobu

Nyusen: Ose Shinichi, Akita Yuki, Kokushi Masahito, Shu Takefumi, Matsumori Yoshitatsu, Matsuo Kiyotake.

 

Tosogu Section:

Tokusho-Sakaki Mayor's Award: Nagauchi Katsuyoshi

Tokusho-Sakaki Village Dept of Education Chief's Award : Ford Hallam

NO Gold Prizes

Silver Prize 1: Kawashima Yoshiyuki

Silver Prize 2: Kawakami Noburu

Silver Prize 3: Fukuyo Hirotake

Nyusen: Ishuin Takako, Remo Soza Nogueira, Mizutanigawa Motosen Shinzaki Fumio, Urakami Haruko, Ikeda Matsutaki

 

Shirasaya Section:

NBSK Chairman's Award: Mori Takahiro

Silver Prize 1: Tazawa Atsushi

Bronze Prize 1: Yoshikawa Kazuyuki

Bronze Prize 2: Morii Atsushi

Nyusen: Ishikawa Masao

 

Tsukamaki Section:

Silver Prize 1: Sasahara Yoshiyuki

Nyusen: Alex Krupp, Kumakura Junko, Hirai Shigeharu

 

Saya-nuri Section:

Silver Prize 1: Koyama Mitsuhide

 

Shirogane Section:

Nyusen: Sugiyama Hideaki

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The Masamune Award (for producing nie of the most outstanding quality) is seldomly granted, and even mukansa (but not ningen kokuhō) are eligible for this most distinguished prize. I don't remember when it was last awarded; the Kawachi Kunihira sword should be spectecular!

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Until this one the last was Miyairi Norihiro in 2010. Masamune prize winners in the past were Sumitani Seiho (3 times), Gassan Sadakazu (2 times), Oosumi Shunpei (3 times), and Yakuwa Yasutake (1 time). John

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Kawachi Kunihira is arguably the best of the current smiths in my opinion. His work is just plain excellent. I would like to see him as the next ningen kokuho...

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