This is a healthy and gorgeous Wakizashi by Daihoshi Hokyo Rai Kinmichi, the 2nd generation Rai Kinmichi, from the Edo period (Keian era, 1648). The blade features a wide and thick shape with deep sori and a long kissaki. It comes with both a shirasaya and an attractive koshirae, and is accompanied by an NBTHK Kicho paper.
Certificate reading — 銘 大法師法橋来金道
NihontoWatchmei · Rai · Shinto · nagasa 48.2cm · sori 1.21cm
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.
This work carries older NBTHK “Kichō”-era papers, which the NBTHK no longer issues and now regards as unreliable. To confirm the attribution, submission to an official Japanese examination body (such as the NBTHK or NTHK) for modern certification could be considered.
If you wish to return an item, please notify us within 3 days of receipt. After this period we cannot accept cancellations. Please ship the return to us within 5 business days. Cancellation is conditional on the item being kept in the same condition as at the time of sale, so please handle it with care.
This is a healthy and gorgeous Wakizashi by Daihoshi Hokyo Rai Kinmichi, the 2nd generation Rai Kinmichi, from the Edo period (Keian era, 1648). The blade features a wide and thick shape with deep sori and a long kissaki. It comes with both a shirasaya and an attractive koshirae, and is accompanied by an NBTHK Kicho paper.
Certificate reading — 銘 大法師法橋来金道
NihontoWatchmei · Rai · Shinto · nagasa 48.2cm · sori 1.21cm
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.
This work carries older NBTHK “Kichō”-era papers, which the NBTHK no longer issues and now regards as unreliable. To confirm the attribution, submission to an official Japanese examination body (such as the NBTHK or NTHK) for modern certification could be considered.
If you wish to return an item, please notify us within 3 days of receipt. After this period we cannot accept cancellations. Please ship the return to us within 5 business days. Cancellation is conditional on the item being kept in the same condition as at the time of sale, so please handle it with care.
