This is a robust Wakizashi by Yamashiro Daijyo Minamoto Kuishige, the 2nd generation smith known as Daigetsu Denshiro, active around the Jokyo era in Edo Mizuta. It features a fine itame-hada jigane and a gunome-midare hamon. The blade is healthy and comes with NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certification.
Certificate reading — 銘 山城大掾源国重
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Shinto · nagasa 55.4cm · sori 1.1cm
Shinto · Bitchu
14 pieces on the market now
In Bitchū Province at the close of the Muromachi period, the Mizuta group emerged at the village of that name, and successive generations took the name Kunishige. The setsumei trace their work across Matsuyama, Toribe, Ihara, Ebara, and Niimi, with their vitality carrying into the shintō era. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Kunishige國重 | 1554-1573 | 1 |
| Kunishige國重 | 1592-1596 | 1 |
| Kunishige國重 | 1624-1644 | 3 |
| Kunishige國重 | 1673-1681 | 1 |
| Kunisada國定 | 1688-1704 | 0 |
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 siteIf you wish to return an item, please notify us within 3 days of receipt. After this period we cannot accept cancellations. Please ship the return to us within 5 business days. Cancellation is conditional on the item being kept in the same condition as at the time of sale, so please handle it with care.
This is a robust Wakizashi by Yamashiro Daijyo Minamoto Kuishige, the 2nd generation smith known as Daigetsu Denshiro, active around the Jokyo era in Edo Mizuta. It features a fine itame-hada jigane and a gunome-midare hamon. The blade is healthy and comes with NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon certification.
Certificate reading — 銘 山城大掾源国重
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Shinto · nagasa 55.4cm · sori 1.1cm
Shinto · Bitchu
14 pieces on the market now
In Bitchū Province at the close of the Muromachi period, the Mizuta group emerged at the village of that name, and successive generations took the name Kunishige. The setsumei trace their work across Matsuyama, Toribe, Ihara, Ebara, and Niimi, with their vitality carrying into the shintō era. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Kunishige國重 | 1554-1573 | 1 |
| Kunishige國重 | 1592-1596 | 1 |
| Kunishige國重 | 1624-1644 | 3 |
| Kunishige國重 | 1673-1681 | 1 |
| Kunisada國定 | 1688-1704 | 0 |
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 siteIf you wish to return an item, please notify us within 3 days of receipt. After this period we cannot accept cancellations. Please ship the return to us within 5 business days. Cancellation is conditional on the item being kept in the same condition as at the time of sale, so please handle it with care.
