Daily Kantei #96
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.
25 judges have bid today
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 KanteiPractice 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 · #95
- Kagenaga景長27% called it
- Nobusada信貞57% called it
- Tomoyuki友行37% called it
- Yukisada行貞31% called it
- Kanemitsu兼光46% called it
49 judges bid
Top of yesterday's board
- 1Togishi desu当当当当当4956:27 left
- 2DKR×当当当当4056:30 left
- 3Pns Shogun時当当当当4054:58 left
- 4Hoshi時当当当当4054:39 left
- 5Frugal Oni 70×当当当当4053:05 left
- 6Grumpy Tengu当当当能当4052:18 left
- 7Introverted Sohei×当当当同3763:27 left
- 8Thomas Schirrwitz×当当当同3763:23 left
- 9Scogg当時当能当3155:29 left
- 10Mitchell時当能当当3154:39 left
- 11晓风君時当能当当3153:23 left
- 12Lkytal×時当当当3152:05 left
- 13Atmow時当当×当3053:12 left
- 14Treacherous Kanpaku当当能時当3052:55 left
- 15Lex van der Jagt当時当当能3025:56 left
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.