This is a daisho (matching pair) of fuchigashira by Asai Hirotoshi, a student and adopted son of Iwamoto Konkan, who became the 7th generation head of the Iwamoto family. The set features a rare shibuichi nanako ground with a design of small birds playing on a hoe and grass, rendered in takabori (high relief) with suemon-zogan (inlaid relief) and iroe (color inlay) using shakudo and silver. It comes with a Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Iwamoto · Edo
Iwamoto
Edo
Signed
Tokuho
Machibori · Musashi · around 1670
1 piece on the market now
Where Kanri stands among comparable artisans: across all of nihontō, and within tradition, era, and period. The tiers (Foremost · Leading · Major · Notable) weigh official designations from the NBTHK and Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs, together with historical honors of lasting repute such as the Sansaku and Meibutsu-chō.
Select a lens to see how it's measured.
Machibori · Edo
11 pieces on the market now
The Iwamoto school was a house of Edo machibori (町彫) metalworkers, founded in the early eighteenth century by Iwamoto Chūbei, a pupil of the Yokoya school, and continuing through eight generations of headmasters. As the NBTHK setsumei state repeatedly, "the Iwamoto line was originally of the Yokoya tradition," and the school's history turns on a succession crisis within that lineage: when the fifth-generation master Ryōkan died young, his junior fellow-disciple succeeded as sixth head of the Iwamoto house. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Konkan昆寛 | — | 51 |
| Kanri寛利 | 1670 | 3 |
| Masakatsu政克 (Masamoto | — | 0 |
| Soei宗栄 | — | 0 |
| Ikkan一寛 | — | 0 |
A Hozon-certified fitting of notably superior craftsmanship and condition, often with signature or workmanship of high reference value.
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 siteFor one-of-a-kind items such as swords, sword fittings, and antiques, please contact us about a return within 3 days of the item's arrival and ship it back within 8 days. Refunds are issued the same day the returned item arrives.
This is a daisho (matching pair) of fuchigashira by Asai Hirotoshi, a student and adopted son of Iwamoto Konkan, who became the 7th generation head of the Iwamoto family. The set features a rare shibuichi nanako ground with a design of small birds playing on a hoe and grass, rendered in takabori (high relief) with suemon-zogan (inlaid relief) and iroe (color inlay) using shakudo and silver. It comes with a Tokubetsu Hozon Tosogu certificate.
NihontoWatchmei · Iwamoto · Edo
Iwamoto
Edo
Signed
Tokuho
Machibori · Musashi · around 1670
1 piece on the market now
Where Kanri stands among comparable artisans: across all of nihontō, and within tradition, era, and period. The tiers (Foremost · Leading · Major · Notable) weigh official designations from the NBTHK and Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs, together with historical honors of lasting repute such as the Sansaku and Meibutsu-chō.
Select a lens to see how it's measured.
Machibori · Edo
11 pieces on the market now
The Iwamoto school was a house of Edo machibori (町彫) metalworkers, founded in the early eighteenth century by Iwamoto Chūbei, a pupil of the Yokoya school, and continuing through eight generations of headmasters. As the NBTHK setsumei state repeatedly, "the Iwamoto line was originally of the Yokoya tradition," and the school's history turns on a succession crisis within that lineage: when the fifth-generation master Ryōkan died young, his junior fellow-disciple succeeded as sixth head of the Iwamoto house. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Konkan昆寛 | — | 51 |
| Kanri寛利 | 1670 | 3 |
| Masakatsu政克 (Masamoto | — | 0 |
| Soei宗栄 | — | 0 |
| Ikkan一寛 | — | 0 |
A Hozon-certified fitting of notably superior craftsmanship and condition, often with signature or workmanship of high reference value.
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 siteFor one-of-a-kind items such as swords, sword fittings, and antiques, please contact us about a return within 3 days of the item's arrival and ship it back within 8 days. Refunds are issued the same day the returned item arrives.
