This is a tanto by Amata Akitsugu, a Living National Treasure, made in 2002 in Niigata. The blade features a notare hamon and koitame hada. It comes with a koshirae featuring a gold nashiji ground with lion makie.
Certificate reading — 銘 昭次作（天田昭次） 平成十二年二月日
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Gendaito · nagasa 26.8cm
Niigata · around 1926-1989
Tōken Taikan top 87%
6 pieces on the market now
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 siteNo cooling-off period or returns; refund only if the purchased sword is proven fake, capped at purchase price (excludes commission sales, accessories, auction items).
This is a tanto by Amata Akitsugu, a Living National Treasure, made in 2002 in Niigata. The blade features a notare hamon and koitame hada. It comes with a koshirae featuring a gold nashiji ground with lion makie.
Certificate reading — 銘 昭次作（天田昭次） 平成十二年二月日
NihontoWatchBETAmei · Gendaito · nagasa 26.8cm
Niigata · around 1926-1989
Tōken Taikan top 87%
6 pieces on the market now
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 siteNo cooling-off period or returns; refund only if the purchased sword is proven fake, capped at purchase price (excludes commission sales, accessories, auction items).
