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Daily Kantei #95

Five Juyo blades a day, the same set for everyone. Study the oshigata and the description, place one bid per blade, and see where you stand on the day's board.

20 judges have bid today

The hamon of a katana by Kagemitsu, Osafune school

Today's specimen

One blade, five names, 90 seconds. Study the oshigata and the description, then place your bid.

New to kantei?

Start with Beginner Kantei: three blades a day, no clock. Each name shows its school and tradition (or era).

Begin with Beginner Kantei

Practice kantei

New to it? Start in the dojo by matching each blade to one of the five traditions. 3 free rounds a day, full reveal every time.

Yesterday · #94

  1. Moriie守家63% called it
  2. Hisanobu久信35% called it
  3. Toshitsugu俊次42% called it
  4. Sadazane貞眞36% called it
  5. Tegai手掻58% called it

46 judges bid

Top of yesterday's board

  1. 1Surfson当当当当当495
  2. 2DKR当当然当当420
  3. 3
    Scogg
    Scogg当当然当当420
  4. 4
    Marikatsu
    Marikatsu当当能当当405
  5. 5Chatty Kirin当当当能当405
  6. 6
    Pns Shogun
    Pns Shogun当時当当当405
  7. 7
    Lkytal
    Lkytal当当当能当405
  8. 8Zoglet当当当時当395
  9. 9Demoted Tengu当当当時当395
  10. 10Klee当当当当能392
  11. 11Introverted Sohei時当当同当380
  12. 12
    Lewes Mutsu
    Lewes Mutsu当時然当当330
  13. 13Grumpy Tengu当当然能当330
  14. 14Wenxin Liu当当然能当330
  15. 15
    Steven Edmund
    Steven Edmund××当当当315

会所The Club

Players talk over each day's blades in the Club once they have judged them: what they saw, and why they bid as they did.

What is kantei?

Kantei (鑑定) is the connoisseur’s discipline of judging a blade on its workmanship alone: reading the steel, the temper line, and the shape, then naming the school and the smith. Japanese sword journals have run it as a reader’s exercise for decades. The journal prints the evidence, collectors send in their attributions, and the answer follows with the next issue.

The Daily Kantei runs that exercise every day. Five blades, each a designated Jūyō Tōken. Study the oshigata and the description, place one bid per blade with 90 seconds on the clock, and the traditional verdicts grade your eye: atari (当り) for the exact maker, lesser verdicts for near judgments. You keep a streak and a place on the day's board, and a strong day earns a seat in the dojo.

Questions

Is it free to play?
Yes. The daily five are free with an account. Ranked play in the dojo is for members.
Do I need to be an expert?
No. Each day's set runs from approachable to hard, and every reveal explains the blade. Collectors have always trained the eye this way.
Where do the blades come from?
Every blade served is a designated Jūyō Tōken: a sword judged historically important, with a published record. The answers come from that record.