This is a wakizashi made by Houki-no-kami Fujiwara Hirotaka from Echizen province during the early Edo period. The blade features an itame hada with mokume, jinie, and chikei. The hamon is gunome and choji with togariba, and the boshi is midarekomi with a hakikake round tip. It comes with a shirasaya and a Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate from NBTHK.
NihontoWatchmei · Meireki (1655-1658) · nagasa 58.6cm · sori 0.6cm
Shinto · Echizen · around 1655-1658
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 49%
5 pieces on the market now
Where Hirotaka stands among comparable artisans: across all of nihontō, and within tradition, era, and period. The tiers (Foremost · Leading · Major · Notable) weigh official designations from the NBTHK and Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs, together with historical honors of lasting repute such as the Sansaku and Meibutsu-chō.
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Shinto · Echizen
52 pieces on the market now
The Shimosaka name began not as a single hand but as a trademark shared by a band of Echizen smiths at the dawn of the shinto era, and the designated record gathers their work under that one signature rather than parsing it into individuals. The published sources read the early inscriptions, the generic Echizen no Kuni Shimosaka and the titled Higo Daijo Fujiwara Shimosaka, as the product of a group, of which the first-generation Yasutsugu served as the representative. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Yasutsugu康繼 | 1596-1615 | 73 |
| Yasutsugu康繼 | 1624-1644 | 27 |
| Yasutsugu康繼 | 1661-1673 | 8 |
| Sadakuni貞國 | 1596-1615 | 11 |
| Shigetaka重高 | 1596-1615 | 6 |
No 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 wakizashi made by Houki-no-kami Fujiwara Hirotaka from Echizen province during the early Edo period. The blade features an itame hada with mokume, jinie, and chikei. The hamon is gunome and choji with togariba, and the boshi is midarekomi with a hakikake round tip. It comes with a shirasaya and a Tokubetsu Hozon Token certificate from NBTHK.
NihontoWatchmei · Meireki (1655-1658) · nagasa 58.6cm · sori 0.6cm
Shinto · Echizen · around 1655-1658
Fujishiro Jo saku · Tōken Taikan top 49%
5 pieces on the market now
Where Hirotaka stands among comparable artisans: across all of nihontō, and within tradition, era, and period. The tiers (Foremost · Leading · Major · Notable) weigh official designations from the NBTHK and Japan's Agency for Cultural Affairs, together with historical honors of lasting repute such as the Sansaku and Meibutsu-chō.
Select a lens to see how it's measured.
Shinto · Echizen
52 pieces on the market now
The Shimosaka name began not as a single hand but as a trademark shared by a band of Echizen smiths at the dawn of the shinto era, and the designated record gathers their work under that one signature rather than parsing it into individuals. The published sources read the early inscriptions, the generic Echizen no Kuni Shimosaka and the titled Higo Daijo Fujiwara Shimosaka, as the product of a group, of which the first-generation Yasutsugu served as the representative. Learn more →
| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Yasutsugu康繼 | 1596-1615 | 73 |
| Yasutsugu康繼 | 1624-1644 | 27 |
| Yasutsugu康繼 | 1661-1673 | 8 |
| Sadakuni貞國 | 1596-1615 | 11 |
| Shigetaka重高 | 1596-1615 | 6 |
No cooling-off period or returns; refund only if the purchased sword is proven fake, capped at purchase price (excludes commission sales, accessories, auction items).
