Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatchHon-zukuri, iori-mune. Ubu-nakago. Ko-itame-hada mixed with moku, somewhat zanguri with a tendency to be hada-tachi, and very well-tightened. Ji-nie attaches finely and thickly, fine chikei enters well, and a faint nie-utsuri appears. The hamon is gunome-midare, choji, angular choji-midare, mixed with togari-gokoro blades. The nioikuchi is fukkura with plenty of ko-nie. Tobiyaki occurs, and nioiashi and yo work actively. Kinsuji and sunagashi appear frequently, and the nioikuchi is bright and brilliantly saeru. Ishida Zenzaemon Masazane. Owari-Seki. Original province Mino. Descendant of Sakakura-Seki. With kuro-ro-nuri-saya uchigatana-koshirae. (Tokubetsu Hozon Token)
NihontoWatchOffered by Token-Net
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Owari · around 1661-1673
Tōken Taikan top 76%
1 piece on the market now
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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.
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