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Name: Late Nanbokucho-early Muromachi JUYO TOKEN Katana attributed to Morikage for sale
Brand: Morikage
SKU: 187751
Price: 49555.28 USD
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Omiya Morikage

Katana: Attributed to Omiya Morikage, Late Nanbokucho-Early Muromachi Period, NBTHK Juyo Token

mumei · Omiya · Muromachi · nagasa 73.2cm · sori 2.7cm

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Measurements & details

Smith

Omiya Morikage

Type

Katana

School

Omiya

Period

Around 1394–1428(Oei)

Province

Bizen

Signature

Unsigned(0% of this smith's designated works are signed)

Measurements

Nagasa 73.2cmSori 2.7cm

Description

This katana is attributed to Omiya Morikage, a prominent smith of the Omiya school active from the late Nanbokucho to early Muromachi period in Bizen province. It features a finely forged itame-hada jigane and a vibrant hamon with gunome and choji elements. The blade comes with an NBTHK Juyo Token certificate, indicating its exceptional quality and historical significance.

NBTHK Zufu Commentary

Juyo #15

AI translation — may contain errors

-, 15th Session — Designated February 10, 1967

, : Morikage (大宮盛景)

Measurements 73.2 cm, 2.7 cm, 2.9 cm, 1.9 cm, 2.9 cm, 19.0 cm

Description Keijō: , ; the is somewhat high, and the is . : Fine with areas of ō-hada mixed in; adheres well. : mixed with small gunome-chōji; adheres well, with and . : . : with . : Greatly shortened (); tip cut off (); ; two ; unsigned.

Artisan Morikage

Era Late to early period

Explanation The group resided at in Province; however, it was not of the so-called main orthodox line. Tradition holds that in the period the school移 moved from Inokuma- in Yamashiro Province to .

This blade displays a style in which the tends to run somewhat (reverse-slanting), and it is appraised as a work by Morikage dating slightly after the period. The workmanship in both and is good.

About the maker

Morikage

盛景

Bizen-den · Bizen · around 1394-1428

Tōken Taikan top 37%

1 piece on the market now

Historical importance

Where Morikage 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.

随一

Foremost

屈指

Leading

有数

Major

著名

Notable

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Designation record

1 designated works

Jūyō: 1

1 work by Morikage on the market

Morikage — full profile Bizen-den school

About the school

Omiya

大宮

Bizen-den · Bizen

8 pieces on the market now

The Omiya school (大宮) of Bizen traces its name and its blood to Kyoto, not to the Bizen heartland where it eventually settled. The published sources follow the line back to a remote ancestor, Kunimori, who is said to have left Inokuma Omiya in Yamashiro province and moved into Bizen during the Kamakura period, around the Bun'o years. With him the group carried a Yamashiro sensibility into the province of choji, and that transplanted origin remains the key to everything the school later became. Learn more →

16 recorded smiths141 designated works

Leading smiths

Smith	Era	Designated
Morikage盛景	1356-1390	92
Morikage盛景	1299-1302	5
Tomomori友盛	1156-1159	0
Tsugumori次盛	1338-1342	0
Tsugumori次盛	1278-1288	0

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NBTHK Certificate

Jūyō Tōken重要刀剣

Important Sword

A blade of top-grade workmanship and condition, formally judged to rank with a nationally recognized Important Art Object (Jūyō Bijutsuhin). Awarded only at the NBTHK’s competitive annual examination.

Of Japan’s roughly 2.5 million registered swords, only 12,307 (about 1 in 203) have ever attained Jūyō.

About the NBTHK›

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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Returns/exchanges limited to defects caused by shipping (except willful misconduct or gross negligence by the company); customers must contact within 72 hours of receiving the product.

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