Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatch本作は地鉄は板目肌が良く詰み、地沸が付き匂深く沸出来の焼き出しは直刃大互の目乱れに丁子刃が交じり飛び焼きが見られます。刃中には、足、葉、等細かく働き壮絶な働きでまさに最上作を越すような出来です。同時に販売中の北条家伝来黒石目地雨龍紋抜塗鞘糸巻太刀拵えと反り等が一致し諸工作によりぴたりとおさめることが可能です同時購入して頂ければ諸工作賃を当方が負担いたします。 吉門は、越前守吉門の弟。大村加ト門人でト伝同人。初期銘は越前守吉門。水戸藩工で本国美濃、善定兼吉十四代の孫で川村長兵衛といいます。水戸家に抱えられて加ト門人となり、延宝5年に水戸光圀公より坂東太郎鎮正入道ト伝の名を賜ります。貞享5年没。切れ味にも定評があり業物となります。濃州関善定家武蔵守吉門、濃州関住定家武蔵守吉門、武蔵守吉門、坂東太郎鎮正入道ト伝、坂東太郎鎮正入道ト伝作之、濃州関善定家兼吉曾孫前武蔵守吉門、常州水戸住坂東太郎鎮正入道ト伝 関善定兼吉家武蔵守吉門、濃州関善吉家武蔵守吉門、濃州関善良家越前守吉門、などと銘を切ります。
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Mino-den · Musashi · around 1644-1648
Tōken Taikan top 49%
Mino-den · Mino
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| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Kaneshige兼重 | 1504-1521 | 0 |
| Kaneyoshi兼吉 | 1854-1860 | 0 |
| Kanekado兼門 | 1428-1429 | 0 |
| Yoshikado吉門 | 1624-1644 | 0 |
| Chikanori近則 | 1818-1864 | 0 |
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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.
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