This is a wakizashi signed by Bushu ju Yasushige, dating to around the Tensho era (1573-1591) in Musashi province. The blade features a sword and dragon engraving on the omote and koshi 2 suji hi on the ura. It comes with a gold-foiled double habaki, shirasaya, and kuro ro-iro nuri saya aikuchi koshirae.
NihontoWatchmei · Momoyama · nagasa 34.5cm · sori 0.48cm
Musashi · around 1573-1592
Tōken Taikan top 76%
Three unifiers ended the century of war, and the sword became an instrument of the new order: the 1588 sword hunt made it the warrior’s badge, famous blades passed between houses like treaties, and appraisal ever after divides the craft here, kotō from shintō.
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, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.
This is a wakizashi signed by Bushu ju Yasushige, dating to around the Tensho era (1573-1591) in Musashi province. The blade features a sword and dragon engraving on the omote and koshi 2 suji hi on the ura. It comes with a gold-foiled double habaki, shirasaya, and kuro ro-iro nuri saya aikuchi koshirae.
NihontoWatchmei · Momoyama · nagasa 34.5cm · sori 0.48cm
Musashi · around 1573-1592
Tōken Taikan top 76%
Three unifiers ended the century of war, and the sword became an instrument of the new order: the 1588 sword hunt made it the warrior’s badge, famous blades passed between houses like treaties, and appraisal ever after divides the craft here, kotō from shintō.
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, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.
