This is a katana by Ueno no Kami Yoshikuni, the elder brother of Mutsu no Kami Yoshiyuki, known as Sakamoto Ryoma's beloved sword smith. Yoshikuni was a highly regarded smith from Tosa province, working in the Yamato Shimosaka tradition, and this blade exhibits the elegant form of Kanbun Shinto. It comes with a Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate from the NBTHK and is housed in a shirasaya.
NihontoWatchmei · Yamato Shimosaka · Manji (1658-1661) · nagasa 61.2cm · sori 0.9cm
Tosa · around 1658-1661
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 76%
1 piece on the market now
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
For two and a half centuries of peace the sword was the warrior’s legal badge rather than his weapon. Each great city developed its own manner, Edo’s tested strength against Ōsaka’s polished brilliance, until demand thinned in the era’s last decades.
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 site落札決定後のキャンセルは一切認められません。一度落札が決定しますと、落札者には商品購入の義務が生じます。
