NihontoWatchBased on the mei, this appears to be a swordsmith from Seki, similar to Tsukahara Kanetsugu who belonged to Seki Kyoshinsha Co., Ltd., and the mei is written in a quite skillful hand. It is a gunto featuring a togari gunome midare, which is a gunome midare characteristic of Seki in the early Showa era, and it is housed in a wooden-scabbard Imperial Army gunto koshirae. There is some small rust and many hike, so please use it for study to first learn how to handle swords.
NihontoWatchOffered by Hyozaemon
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
Mino · around 1926-1989
1 piece on the market now
Shōwa to the present: destruction and revival
The twentieth century nearly killed the craft twice: wartime distortion, then the occupation ban. The NBTHK’s founding in 1948 and licensed forging from 1953 rebuilt the sword as an art, crowned by Living National Treasures and the mukansa rank.
We could not find an authenticity certificate on the seller’s listing. Japanese swords and fittings are normally papered by the NBTHK (or the NTHK). Without one, the attribution is the seller’s own assessment and has not been independently verified — treat it with caution and ask the dealer about certification before buying.
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¥80,000