This exceptionally long katana by Musashi Daijō Sakon Korekazu, also known as Kawakami Sakon, features a refined jigane with fine masame hada and nie-deki gunome-midare hamon. Forged around the Manji era (1658–1661) in the Edo period, it is ranked Jyojyo Saku among his works. The blade comes with a shirasaya and a complete koshirae, and is accompanied by an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate.
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NihontoWatchmei · Omi Ishido · Edo · nagasa 83.7cm · sori 2cm
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Under the Tokugawa peace the daishō became a regulated uniform, and demand gathered in the castle towns, above all Edo itself. The craft split two ways: brilliant display work for connoisseurs, and tested blades whose cutting results were sometimes inlaid in gold.
A Hozon-certified blade judged to show notably superior workmanship and a better state of preservation. The bar is higher: re-tempered blades and most unsigned Muromachi/Edo works are excluded.
The NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu Tōken Hozon Kyōkai, the Society for the Preservation of Japanese Art Swords) is a public-interest incorporated foundation founded in 1948 and supervised by Japan’s Agency for Cultural Affairs (Bunkachō); it is based at the Japanese Sword Museum in Tokyo. Its expert panels physically examine each submitted work (shinsa) and issue a certificate (kanteishō) ranking it by artistic and historical merit. NBTHK papers are the most widely recognized standard of authentication for Japanese swords and fittings.
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