This is a 1934 Kajiyama Yasunori katana, signed and dated, from the Yasukuni Shrine forge. It features early Type 94/98 Shin-gunto mounts and a professionally polished blade with a straight temper line and large choji under suguha hamon. The sword comes with NTHK-NPO papers and a shirasaya, representing an early and high-quality work by one of the top WWII Japanese swordsmiths.
NihontoWatchmei · Yasukuni · Showa (1926-1989) · nagasa 68.58cm
Tokyo · around 1926-1989
3 pieces on the market now
The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a blade of considerable quality. It confirms a genuine signature, or, for an unsigned (mumei) work, records the judges’ attribution to a smith or school. The paper carries a detailed worksheet with a numerical point score.
The NTHK (Nihon Tōken Hozon Kai, the Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword) is the oldest of Japan’s sword-appraisal bodies, founded in 1910, decades before the NBTHK. After the death of its long-serving head it divided into two successor societies, the NTHK and the NTHK-NPO, both of which continue to hold shinsa. NTHK certificates are known for a detailed worksheet that records a numerical point score alongside the judges’ written opinion, and the society is especially respected for its attribution of unsigned (mumei) work.
This is a 1934 Kajiyama Yasunori katana, signed and dated, from the Yasukuni Shrine forge. It features early Type 94/98 Shin-gunto mounts and a professionally polished blade with a straight temper line and large choji under suguha hamon. The sword comes with NTHK-NPO papers and a shirasaya, representing an early and high-quality work by one of the top WWII Japanese swordsmiths.
NihontoWatchmei · Yasukuni · Showa (1926-1989) · nagasa 68.58cm
Tokyo · around 1926-1989
3 pieces on the market now
The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a blade of considerable quality. It confirms a genuine signature, or, for an unsigned (mumei) work, records the judges’ attribution to a smith or school. The paper carries a detailed worksheet with a numerical point score.
The NTHK (Nihon Tōken Hozon Kai, the Society for the Preservation of the Japanese Sword) is the oldest of Japan’s sword-appraisal bodies, founded in 1910, decades before the NBTHK. After the death of its long-serving head it divided into two successor societies, the NTHK and the NTHK-NPO, both of which continue to hold shinsa. NTHK certificates are known for a detailed worksheet that records a numerical point score alongside the judges’ written opinion, and the society is especially respected for its attribution of unsigned (mumei) work.
