Tokubetsu Hozon Wakizashi Mei: Aoi-mon Echizen Yasutsugu Saku Product Number 31-2476 Wakizashi ECHIZEN YASUTSUGU SAKU Province / Period Echizen Kanbun In Shirasaya Nagasa 50.0cm (1 shaku 6 sun 5 bu) Sori 1.4cm (4 bu 6 rin) Motohaba 3.22cm Sakihaba 2.49cm Kasane 6.1mm Sakikasane 4.7mm Toshin Weight Bare blade 500g Excluding saya -g Nakago Ubu Mekugi-ana 1 Hamon Notare-ba Price 400,000 Yen (Tax included) After the death of the Nidai, it was decided that the eldest son would become the Edo Sandai Yasutsugu, and the younger brother of the Nidai would become the Echizen Sandai Yasutsugu. This work is by the Echizen Sandai. The hamon is a clear notare-ba in konie-deki. The jigane is ko-itame with visible grains, and the skin of the jigane has a moist quality.
Certificate reading — 銘 （葵紋）越前康継作之（越前三代）以南蛮鉄
NihontoWatchsigned · Kanbun (1661-1673) · nagasa 50cm
Shinto · Echizen · around 1660-1673
Tōken Taikan top 14%
8 pieces on the market now
Where Yasutsugu 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.
Years he was demonstrably active, proven by signed-and-dated blades
Shinto · Echizen
52 pieces on the market now
The Shimosaka name began not as a single hand but as a trademark shared by a band of Echizen smiths at the dawn of the shinto era, and the designated record gathers their work under that one signature rather than parsing it into individuals. The published sources read the early inscriptions, the generic Echizen no Kuni Shimosaka and the titled Higo Daijo Fujiwara Shimosaka, as the product of a group, of which the first-generation Yasutsugu served as the representative. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Yasutsugu康繼 | 1596-1615 | 73 |
| Yasutsugu康繼 | 1624-1644 | 27 |
| Yasutsugu康繼 | 1661-1673 | 8 |
| Sadakuni貞國 | 1596-1615 | 11 |
| Shigetaka重高 | 1596-1615 | 6 |
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 sitePlease request cooling-off within 8 days of the item's arrival. Items that have been altered cannot be handled. Return shipping is the customer's responsibility. If the destination is overseas, returns and refunds are not available.
Tokubetsu Hozon Wakizashi Mei: Aoi-mon Echizen Yasutsugu Saku Product Number 31-2476 Wakizashi ECHIZEN YASUTSUGU SAKU Province / Period Echizen Kanbun In Shirasaya Nagasa 50.0cm (1 shaku 6 sun 5 bu) Sori 1.4cm (4 bu 6 rin) Motohaba 3.22cm Sakihaba 2.49cm Kasane 6.1mm Sakikasane 4.7mm Toshin Weight Bare blade 500g Excluding saya -g Nakago Ubu Mekugi-ana 1 Hamon Notare-ba Price 400,000 Yen (Tax included) After the death of the Nidai, it was decided that the eldest son would become the Edo Sandai Yasutsugu, and the younger brother of the Nidai would become the Echizen Sandai Yasutsugu. This work is by the Echizen Sandai. The hamon is a clear notare-ba in konie-deki. The jigane is ko-itame with visible grains, and the skin of the jigane has a moist quality.
Certificate reading — 銘 （葵紋）越前康継作之（越前三代）以南蛮鉄
NihontoWatchsigned · Kanbun (1661-1673) · nagasa 50cm
Shinto · Echizen · around 1660-1673
Tōken Taikan top 14%
8 pieces on the market now
Where Yasutsugu 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.
Years he was demonstrably active, proven by signed-and-dated blades
Shinto · Echizen
52 pieces on the market now
The Shimosaka name began not as a single hand but as a trademark shared by a band of Echizen smiths at the dawn of the shinto era, and the designated record gathers their work under that one signature rather than parsing it into individuals. The published sources read the early inscriptions, the generic Echizen no Kuni Shimosaka and the titled Higo Daijo Fujiwara Shimosaka, as the product of a group, of which the first-generation Yasutsugu served as the representative. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Yasutsugu康繼 | 1596-1615 | 73 |
| Yasutsugu康繼 | 1624-1644 | 27 |
| Yasutsugu康繼 | 1661-1673 | 8 |
| Sadakuni貞國 | 1596-1615 | 11 |
| Shigetaka重高 | 1596-1615 | 6 |
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 sitePlease request cooling-off within 8 days of the item's arrival. Items that have been altered cannot be handled. Return shipping is the customer's responsibility. If the destination is overseas, returns and refunds are not available.
