This is a tanto by Ozaki Nagato no Suke Tenryushi Masataka, dated Ansei 5 (1858). It features a hira-zukuri, iori-mune construction with a tightly forged ko-itame hada mixed with masame. The hamon is a shallow notare with ko-midare, showing a bright nioi-guchi and fine kinsuji. The blade comes with a shirasaya and a samegawa koshirae, and is accompanied by an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Bunsei-Tenpo (1818-1845) · nagasa 22.7cm · sori 0.2cm
Settsu · around 1818-1845
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 76%
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The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
For two and a half centuries of peace the sword was the warrior’s legal badge rather than his weapon. Each great city developed its own manner, Edo’s tested strength against Ōsaka’s polished brilliance, until demand thinned in the era’s last decades.
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.
NBTHK official siteWithin one week of the item's arrival (cooling-off is possible within Japan only). For defects that differ from the purchase conditions, we will accept the return and refund the payment. For other cases such as overseas, we will consult separately.
¥430,000
