This is a katana by Ueno no Kami Yoshikuni, the older brother of Mutsu no Kami Yoshiyuki, known as Sakamoto Ryoma's beloved sword smith. Yoshikuni, like his brother, was a smith of the Tosa province and a disciple of Yoshimichi, producing blades with similar jigane and construction in the elegant Kanbun Shinto style. This blade is certified as Tokubetsu Hozon Token by the NBTHK and comes with a tiger-patterned shirasaya.
NihontoWatchmei · Yamato Shizu · 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)
Under the Tokugawa peace the daishō became a regulated uniform, and demand gathered in the castle towns, above all Edo itself. The craft split two ways: brilliant display work for connoisseurs, and tested blades whose cutting results were sometimes inlaid in gold.
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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