This is a daisho set consisting of a katana and wakizashi, both with koshirae. The katana is signed by Bushu ju Ishido Hata Toren and the wakizashi is mumei, attributed to Takada. The koshirae features fittings with a "Sagari fuji ni Kikyo" family crest design and is certified as Tokubetsu Hozon.
NihontoWatchmei · Edo · nagasa 71.5cm · sori 1cm
Musashi · around 1648-1652
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 60%
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 siteIf, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.
This is a daisho set consisting of a katana and wakizashi, both with koshirae. The katana is signed by Bushu ju Ishido Hata Toren and the wakizashi is mumei, attributed to Takada. The koshirae features fittings with a "Sagari fuji ni Kikyo" family crest design and is certified as Tokubetsu Hozon.
NihontoWatchmei · Edo · nagasa 71.5cm · sori 1cm
Musashi · around 1648-1652
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 60%
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 siteIf, due to our fault, the item differs significantly from its proper condition, the item may be returned. Cooling-off is within one week of the item's arrival.
