Meibun: "Mumei" Type: Katana Nagasa: 2 shaku 0 sun 9 bu 5 rin Sori: 7 bu Mekugi-ana: 2 Motohaba: 34 mm Motokasane: 6 mm Sakihaba: 26 mm Sakikasane: 4.5 mm Toshin weight: 623 grams (All measurements are approximate) Hyogo Prefecture Board of Education With NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai) Kanteisho This sword features a single hi. The ko-itame hada mixed with mokume is well-tightened, and the jihada displays a hamon based on notare with ko-gunome choji. It features sunagashi and is mixed with nie, with a bright and clear nioiguchi. It can be called a masterpiece full of spirit. The Omiya school refers to a group that began when the founder, Kunimori, moved from Omiya, Inokuma-dori in Yamashiro Province to Omiya in Bizen Province between the late Kamakura period and the early Nanbokucho period. Representative smiths include Sukemori, Morishige, Moritoshi, Morikage, and Morikage. 0 Yen (Tax included)
NihontoWatchmumei · Bizen · Kamakura
Nearly every later authority calls Kamakura the golden age of the sword: the first warrior government as patron, the great traditions at full strength simultaneously, and, tradition holds, the finest smiths of the realm rotating through Go-Toba’s court.
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 notify us of your intention to return, by email or fax, no later than the day after the item's arrival. Return shipping, insurance, and refund transfer fees are the customer's responsibility.
Meibun: "Mumei" Type: Katana Nagasa: 2 shaku 0 sun 9 bu 5 rin Sori: 7 bu Mekugi-ana: 2 Motohaba: 34 mm Motokasane: 6 mm Sakihaba: 26 mm Sakikasane: 4.5 mm Toshin weight: 623 grams (All measurements are approximate) Hyogo Prefecture Board of Education With NBTHK (Nihon Bijutsu Token Hozon Kyokai) Kanteisho This sword features a single hi. The ko-itame hada mixed with mokume is well-tightened, and the jihada displays a hamon based on notare with ko-gunome choji. It features sunagashi and is mixed with nie, with a bright and clear nioiguchi. It can be called a masterpiece full of spirit. The Omiya school refers to a group that began when the founder, Kunimori, moved from Omiya, Inokuma-dori in Yamashiro Province to Omiya in Bizen Province between the late Kamakura period and the early Nanbokucho period. Representative smiths include Sukemori, Morishige, Moritoshi, Morikage, and Morikage. 0 Yen (Tax included)
NihontoWatchmumei · Bizen · Kamakura
Nearly every later authority calls Kamakura the golden age of the sword: the first warrior government as patron, the great traditions at full strength simultaneously, and, tradition holds, the finest smiths of the realm rotating through Go-Toba’s court.
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 notify us of your intention to return, by email or fax, no later than the day after the item's arrival. Return shipping, insurance, and refund transfer fees are the customer's responsibility.
