This wakizashi, crafted by Omi Kami Fujiwara Tsuguhiro, features a unique katakiri-ba style with a forward-curving kissaki and is made from valuable Namban Tetsu (foreign imported steel). The blade exhibits a well-forged ko-itame hada with fine jifu activity, characteristic of the Echizen Shinto style. It comes with an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate, affirming its authenticity and quality.
Certificate reading — 銘 以南蛮鉄近江守藤原継広 越前住下坂
NihontoWatchmei · Shimosaka · Kanbun (1661-1673) · nagasa 40cm · sori 1.4cm
Echizen · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 60%
5 pieces on the market now
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 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 wakizashi, crafted by Omi Kami Fujiwara Tsuguhiro, features a unique katakiri-ba style with a forward-curving kissaki and is made from valuable Namban Tetsu (foreign imported steel). The blade exhibits a well-forged ko-itame hada with fine jifu activity, characteristic of the Echizen Shinto style. It comes with an NBTHK Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate, affirming its authenticity and quality.
Certificate reading — 銘 以南蛮鉄近江守藤原継広 越前住下坂
NihontoWatchmei · Shimosaka · Kanbun (1661-1673) · nagasa 40cm · sori 1.4cm
Echizen · around 1661-1673
Fujishiro Chu-jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 60%
5 pieces on the market now
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 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.
