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All photographs are from Wikimedia Commons under the licences shown. Files were resized and re-encoded (AVIF/WebP); adaptations of CC BY-SA works are shared under the same licence.

Photo	Subject	Author	Licence
	Forge of Tsuneharu Matsuda, Tsubata, Ishikawa Source file	MathieuMD	CC BY-SA 4.0
	Forge floor, Tsuneharu Matsuda, Tsubata, Ishikawa Source file	MathieuMD	CC BY-SA 4.0
	Kurouchi finish on a gyuto by Moritaka Hamono, Yatsushiro Source file	Frank Schulenburg	CC BY-SA 4.0
	Nashiji finish on a bunka by Yū Kurosaki, Echizen Source file	Frank Schulenburg	CC BY-SA 4.0
	Yū Kurosaki New Gekko VG-XEOS bunka, 170 mm Source file	Frank Schulenburg	CC BY-SA 4.0
	Iyo Meito natural whetstone, Ehime Source file	Frank Schulenburg	CC BY-SA 4.0
	Katsushika Hokusai, “The Swordsmith” (1802), The Met Source file	Katsushika Hokusai (The Met, CC0)	CC0
	A blacksmith’s shop window, Hokkaido, 1985 Source file	Marie-Sophie Mejan	CC BY 4.0
	Mount Fuji and Lake Kawaguchi from Shindo Pass, Yamanashi Source file	Alpsdake	CC BY-SA 4.0
	Autumn at Hirosaki Castle, Aomori Source file	Raita Futo from Tokyo, Japan	CC BY 2.0
	Niyodo River estuary, Kochi Source file	Reggaeman	CC BY-SA 3.0
	Nagara River from Ayunose Bridge, Seki, Gifu Source file	Alpsdake	CC BY-SA 4.0
	Cape Echizen, Fukui Source file	藤谷良秀	CC BY-SA 3.0
	Hamono (cutlery) museum, Sakai, Osaka Source file	Gpwitteveen	CC BY-SA 4.0
	Gyuto, yanagiba, santoku and nakiri Source file	Benlisquare	CC BY-SA 4.0

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