This is a powerful work by Tachibana Kazuryu Ko Fujiwara Kunihide. It features a well-packed ko-itame hada and a gunome-midare mixed with suguha, showing active sunagashi and kinsuji. The inscription indicates that in the 2nd month of the 14th year of Tenpo (1843), Kunihide swore to the gods that his skill was perfected, and forged this sword to celebrate his acquaintance, Koitabashi Fujiwara Seian, as a descendant of Soshu Masamune. Such a sword with a clear historical background is extremely valuable and culturally significant.
Certificate reading — 銘 相州正宗末葉立花圓龍子藤原国秀（花押）上州安中城中小板橋藤原正安兄祝伝 天保十四癸卯歳二月初午 日月清明證神立誓正安国秀芸結義心
NihontoWatchmei · Soshu Masamune · Tenpo (1830-1844) · nagasa 80.6cm · sori 1.6cm
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
For two and a half centuries of peace the sword was the warrior’s legal badge rather than his weapon. Each great city developed its own manner, Edo’s tested strength against Ōsaka’s polished brilliance, until demand thinned in the era’s last decades.
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 siteReturns must be shipped within 3 days of delivery. Excludes modified/damaged items or past the deadline. Return shipping paid by customer. Overseas orders cannot be returned/refunded.
¥2,500,000
