Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
NihontoWatchNihontoWatch新刀期の横山一派は備前国長船の地で栄え、新々刀期を経て明治の廃刀令まで続く御家です。横山加賀介藤原朝臣祐永は「友成五十六代孫」と号しました。本作は祐永の円熟した技が随所に見られる作品です。 本刀体配は、刃長が一尺弱。平造で、身幅、重ね共に確りとし、姿が美しい短刀です。地鉄は小板目肌がよく練れて地沸が付き淡く映りが立ちます。刃文は匂い口締まりこころに小沸がついて、直で焼き出し丁子乱になる明るく冴えた刃文を焼いています。刃中には足、葉が働きます。帽子はそのまま乱れて先小丸へ深く返ります。茎は生ぶで錆味がよく、確りとした鏨使いで菊紋と一文字、さらに長銘が刻されています。この作品は焼刃の完成度の高さ、要するに匂いの強さと幅が限りなく均一に焼かれている点、それらを実現するためには鍛肌が密でなければならず、本刀は何時もながらに上手であり、横山祐永の作域の特徴が顕著に表れ、卓越した技量を十分に示した感動の逸品です。銀無垢二重はばき、特別保存刀剣鑑定書。
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Bizen-den · Bizen · around 1830-1844
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| Smith | Era | Designated |
|---|---|---|
| Sukenobu祐信 | 1830-1844 | 0 |
| Suketaka祐高 | 1865-1868 | 0 |
| Sukeharu祐春 | 1864-1865 | 0 |
| Sukehiro祐廣 | 1854-1860 | 0 |
| Sukekane祐包 | 1868-1912 | 0 |
The Edo period (1615 to 1868)
Edo was the sword’s age of connoisseurship: the Hon’ami appraisers, the shogunal register of famous blades of 1719, and a thriving literature turned the sword into an object of study even as it ceased to be drawn in war.
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).