NihontoWatchOriginally from Dewa, a pupil of Suishinshi Masahide named Ikeda Seinai. Residing in Shonai and employed by the Sakai family, Bunka 8 is an early work of Isshu. The jigane has a masame hada feel and the hamon is a suguha in konie deki, with thick nie and a clear ha. The registration is also Tokyo 614, a daimyo registration, so it may be a Sakai family heirloom.
Certificate reading — 銘 池田一秀入道竜軒作之 文化八年二月日
NihontoWatchOffered by Touken Hataya
As written by the shop
Machine translation from the shop's Japanese · may contain errors ·
The Shinshintō revival
Around 1800 Suishinshi Masahide argued in his writings that the craft must return to the old masters’ methods: the fukkotō revival. His greatest successor Naotane worked convincingly in Bizen and Sōshū manners that had been dead for centuries.
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 sitePlease request cooling-off within 8 days of the item's arrival. Items that have been altered cannot be handled. Return shipping is the customer's responsibility. If the destination is overseas, returns and refunds are not available.
¥750,000