This listing features two pairs of mumei menuki, not originally a true daisho set, but offered together in a custom box. The dai menuki are classified by NTHK as rain dragons from the Shonai school, dating to the late Edo period. The sho menuki are attributed to the Waki-Goto school and are older, dating to the mid-Edo period.
NihontoWatch
Edo
Unsigned
The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a fitting 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 listing features two pairs of mumei menuki, not originally a true daisho set, but offered together in a custom box. The dai menuki are classified by NTHK as rain dragons from the Shonai school, dating to the late Edo period. The sho menuki are attributed to the Waki-Goto school and are older, dating to the mid-Edo period.
NihontoWatchEdo
Unsigned
The NTHK’s principal certificate, issued for a fitting 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.
